{"id":"0f977d43-10b6-48c7-b4c6-9e89ba9eae42","url":"https://thenextweb.com/news/california-sb-813-independent-verification-organisations-metr-400000-tokens-openai-paid-eu-ai-act-scientific-panel-article-68","domain":"thenextweb.com","outlet":{"name":"Thenextweb","country":null,"cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"California is deciding who may verify AI, and one investigation already cost $400,000 in tokens","plainHeadline":"California will certify independent verification organizations for AI; one METR investigation used about $400,000 in API credits.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":[],"topics":["Science","Finance","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T18:32:54.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-05T19:15:07.721Z","story":null}