What you are actually buying when you buy AI

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Episode 2 of Agent Mode AI. Abby and Avery walk through AM-117 and AM-121: the AI Bill of Materials as the new EU AI Act Article 11 procurement artefact, and the auditability-versus-lock-in axis that defines platform-incumbent AI procurement in 2026. Sources cited: - EU AI Act Article 11, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 - CycloneDX ML-BOM specification (OWASP Foundation) - SPDX 3.0 AI extensions (Linux Foundation) - ServiceNow Q1 FY26 10-Q (SEC EDGAR filing) - Nenshad Bardoliwalla, ServiceNow Group VP for AI Products, on the record - Charles Betz, Forrester principal analyst, ITSM/AIOps - IDC ITSM market share data, Q1 2026 Claims tracked: - AM-117 — AI Bill of Materials supply-chain disclosure — agentmodeai.com/holding/?claim=AM-117 - AM-121 — AI in IT operations reality check — agentmodeai.com/holding/?claim=AM-121 Newsletter and the full Holding-up ledger: agentmodeai.com

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Two procurement surfaces that did not exist on any CIO checklist eighteen months ago. AM-117: AI Bill of Materials becoming a procurement requirement under EU AI Act Article 11 and CycloneDX ML-BOM. AM-121: ServiceNow Now Assist's auditability and lock-in

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