OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was about dlr50bln as of end-September, below recent media estimates of dlr70bln, the Financial Times reports. Sources said the gap reflects differing revenue scopes: ANTHROPIC counts sales routed through cloud partners such as AWS and Google Cloud as revenue; OpenAI does not. Investors had earlier adjusted OpenAI figures to an August annualized run-rate of dlr40bln and, combined with the company’s disclosure of revenue growth exceeding 70pct, extrapo

At the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man will lead a delegation to China from Oct 11-15 to attend the second meeting of the China‑Vietnam Joint Committee of Legislative Bodies.

On Oct. 8, the US Treasury said it had imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran, designating 17 vessels used to transport Iranian crude, refined oil products and petrochemicals. Treasury officials said the US estimates about 20 mln barrels of Iranian crude remain aboard ships outside the scope of US port-blockade measures. Officials added Iran has halted loading and unloading of crude tankers because of the US blockade and sanctions. Earlier the same day President Trump said he was holding productive talks with Iran and would not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 US midterm elections.