What happened
ServiceNow established a partnership with Anthropic for AI capabilities, following a prior agreement with OpenAI. This action expands ServiceNow's foundational AI model dependencies from a single provider to multiple, reflecting a multi-model strategy. This changes the underlying AI service provision architecture within ServiceNow's offerings, introducing additional external AI model sources.
Why it matters
Procurement now carries an increased burden for managing multiple AI vendor contracts and service level agreements. IT security faces heightened due diligence requirements for assessing and integrating diverse AI model security postures and data handling policies. Platform operators must manage increased complexity in AI model integration and potential interoperability challenges, raising oversight burden on system performance and reliability. This tightens dependencies on external AI providers.
