Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Nicola Sturgeon: Wargame TV show changed my mind on defence
Nicola Sturgeon has admitted that starring in a reality TV show about a fictional war between Britain and Russia has changed her mind about defence spending.
In a surprise appearance at Labour’s conference in Liverpool, the former first minister conceded that she now “thinks a bit differently” about the importance of the military, having previously thought it should be “deprioritised in favour of health and education and welfare”.
Sturgeon was cast as deputy prime minister to Michael Gove in the Sky drama The Wargame, in which former politicians were asked to respond in real time to escalating aggression from the Kremlin, culminating in the risk of nuclear war.
Read the full story in The Times.
OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
OpenAI will not release its new AI model - GPT-6.1 Astra - due to safety concerns, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed on Tuesday.
The AI system - which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself - "didn't quite meet the bar" of the company's standards, Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI, told the BBC.
On Tuesday, OpenAI also issued an update on incidents, that occurred in June but were not made public until last week, in which its models accessed Australian government websites and systems without authorisation.
Read more from the BBC.
UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban
The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News.
Diesel prices in the UK reached a new high on Monday due to supply pressures springing from the US-Israel conflict with Iran and Russia's war with Ukraine.
Fuel prices are rising globally and US President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports, stating at the weekend: "We're thinking about it very seriously."
RAF Fairford suspects released on bail after no explosives found
Five men suspected of plotting a bomb attack on an RAF base were released on bail on Monday after experts found no trace of explosives.
Fears of a terror attack were downgraded just 36 hours after the group of British nationals were arrested by armed police close to RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire.
Counterterrorism police said they were still investigating whether the men, aged in their mid-twenties and living in London, were proxies for a foreign state. It followed speculation that Iran could be responsible, after the regime issued threats against Fairford because it is a staging post for US strikes in the Middle East.
Read more in The Times.