Finance

Nexthrus raises 3.8 billion won from KT, LGU+ and Certik as strategic shareholders

Nexthrus is bringing in KT, LG Uplus and Certik as new shareholders, expanding its telecommunications and security partnerships into an equity relationship. The company disclosed it decided at a board meeting on Sept. 10 to carry out a third-party allocation paid-in capital increase targeting the three firms. It plans to issue 2,151,443 new shares, raising about 3.8 billion won. Payment is due on Sept. 18 and the shares will be locked up for 1 year.

AI & Enterprise

Anthropic releases 2030 U.S. jobs and GDP scenarios as growth brings employment shock

Anthropic published a webpage outlining three economic scenarios for how AI could affect U.S. employment and GDP by 2030. It said AI may boost productivity and expand the economy while hurting knowledge-worker jobs and wages. The scenarios range from a mild impact similar to the internet to a radical case in which AI outperforms humans in most knowledge work. Anthropic projected higher GDP but warned of job transitions, higher unemployment risks and a declining labor share in the radical case.