Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.

Nicola Sturgeon & Peter Murrell’s marriage is the focus of major new Channel 5 drama as cast set to be revealed

Channel 5 has announced it has commissioned a factual drama on Peter Murrell from the makers of the hit show Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards.

The telly channel has revealed that a 90 minute special called To Nicola, Love Peter will be made by Wonderhood Studios, who cast Martin Clunes as the disgraced BBC newscaster.

Their new drama promises to draw on “an extensive range of sources” and evidence gathered by Police Scotland and The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service about Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband who embezzled over £400,000 from the SNP.

Read more in The Sun.

How Dolly Parton's business savvy helped her succeed far beyond the charts

Not many musicians would snub a chance to work with Elvis Presley. But when Dolly Parton did so, it made her millions.

In 1974, after writing and recording I Will Always Love You, Parton was asked if Presley could cover the song. She turned him down after his manager demanded half the rights.

"Of course, I cried all night about that," she later said of the ordeal in an interview.

But she wasn't crying in 1992 when Whitney Houston's power-ballad cover became a hit. Global sales of the song topped 20 million, earning Parton more than $10m in royalties, according to business magazine Forbes.

Read the full BBC article here.

Burnham calls summit of Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish first ministers

The prime minister says he will bring together the first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the autumn for a summit.

Andy Burnham made the announcement ahead of a visit to south Wales on Thursday - his first official visit to the country since he took control of the UK government.

The Labour leader said he wanted "every leader in this country signed up" to having "good jobs in every community".

Read more from the BBC.

Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack

When more than 1,200 artificial intelligence (AI) agents within OpenAI started unexpectedly communicating, it led to a large group banding together in order to hack into Hugging Face.

"We consider this incident a 'warning shot' for us and for the world", OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT, wrote in its report.

In July, OpenAI's models went rogue during a test, escaped the test limits which humans had put on it, and hacked the start-up, among other unforeseen actions.

Find the full BBC article here.

Nvidia revenue doubles to $96bn as AI chip demand keeps growing

Nvidia’s second-quarter revenue more than doubled year-on-year to $96.2billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations amid increasing scepticism about the sustainability of the artificial intelligence boom.

The world’s largest semiconductor company reported a 126% rise in profit to $59.7billion, ahead of analysts’ average estimates of $51.6billion.

Nvidia also forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, a sign that big technology companies are still spending heavily on its chips to power their AI ambitions. The company expects revenue in the quarter of $108billion, plus or minus 2%, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $104.2billion.

Read more in The Times.

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