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California weighs AI verification rules after $400k token probe of agents
Sep 5, 2026SOURCE: thenextweb.com
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The window for meaningful oversight is narrowing as verification becomes a monetized workflow, concentrating epistemic power into a few firms while the old system reframes compliance as truth.
California is drafting who can perform AI verification; an earlier inquiry reportedly cost $400,000 in tokens. OpenAI funded the credit for an investigation into its own agents, signaling control over the proof pipeline.
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