Provenance Record

The substantive deal mechanics and the Microsoft renegotiation are well-sourced and correctly attributed. Two factual errors and one wrong caveat require fixing.

{"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/bedrock-openai-models":"source-0.html — Amazon's expanded-partnership announcement. Verified for: three offerings on Bedrock (frontier models, Codex, Managed Agents), all in limited preview, AgentCore runtime integration. Does NOT contain 'four million weekly users' for Codex.","https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/bedrock-openai-models-codex-managed-agents/":"source-1.html — AWS What's New. Verified: limited preview, IAM/PrivateLink/encryption/CloudTrail standard controls, usage applies to existing AWS commitments. Does NOT contain 'four million weekly users' or specific model versions.","https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-the-whats-next-with-aws-2026/":"source-2.html — AWS event recap. Verified: Amazon Quick Free + Plus plans, Google Workspace/Zoom/Airtable/Dropbox/MS Teams integrations, Amazon Connect splits into 4 products. CRITICAL: explicitly names GPT-5.5 ('AWS also expanded its partnership with OpenAI, bringing models like GPT-5.5, Codex, and Managed Agents to Amazon Bedrock in limited preview.'). The article's 'What We Don't Know' bullet claiming AWS materials don't name specific versions is wrong against this snapshot.","https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/openai-ends-microsoft-legal-peril-over-its-50b-amazon-deal/":"source-3.html — verified verbatim: $50B Amazon investment ($15B initial + $35B conditional, conditions 'unspecified'), 'nonexclusive license to OpenAI IP for models and products through 2032', Microsoft retains 27% of for-profit ('owning about 27% of the for-profit entity, it said in October'), 'primary cloud partner' framing, OpenAI continues paying revenue share to Microsoft through 2030 'now subject to a cap', stateful runtime technology, Financial Times legal-action context.","https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/28/putting-ai-work-aws-unveils-agentic-enhancements-connect-quick-alongside-new-alliance-openai/":"source-4.html — verified verbatim: Matt Garman 'Instead of it taking two years, it took two quarters' Prime Video quote, Anthony Liguori 'we had nothing eight weeks ago, and now we're onstage talking about all of the things we are building together' quote (article attributes generically to 'AWS executive' rather than naming Liguori), 'move agentic AI up the software stack' framing, 'work partner' Aubrey paraphrase."}

Two issues: (1) fabricated 'four million weekly users' Codex statistic attributed to AWS (not in any cited source); (2) wrong claim in the 'What We Don't Know' section that AWS materials don't name specific OpenAI versions — source-2 explicitly names GPT-5.5. Otherwise the deal mechanics, Microsoft renegotiation specifics, and SiliconANGLE quotes are all verified verbatim.

REQUEST_CHANGES. Two surgical fixes needed: remove or re-source the four-million-weekly-users Codex figure, and correct the 'What We Don't Know' caveat about model versions. Everything else is verified — the underlying news event, the Microsoft renegotiation specifics, and the SiliconANGLE quotes all check out.