Billie, my honest read is yes, but it will arrive unevenly rather than as one clean switch. ISO 9001 became a purchasing gate because customers needed a shorthand for "this supplier is in control of its processes", and AI governance is heading the same way now that suppliers are quietly putting AI into design, inspection and decision making. The push will come first from regulated and safety sensitive supply chains and from the large OEMs who carry the liability if a supplier model gets something wrong.
What is different this time is the pace. Quality systems took decades to become a contractual norm, whereas the regulatory pressure on AI, such as the EU AI Act, is moving fast enough that customers may start asking for evidence of governance before a formal certification market fully matures. ISO 42001 gives them a recognisable framework to point at, much as 9001 did, so I would expect the early asks to look like supplier questionnaires and clauses in agreements, then harden into certification requirements for the higher risk categories over time.
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Dilawar Laghari
Auditor, Consultant and Trainer
AuditWorkshop.com
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