Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Heatwaves above 40C are future for UK weather, says Met Office
Cities and towns across the UK face a future of scorching summer days and temperatures exceeding 45C thanks to climate change, according to the Met Office.
With parts of Britain set to experience a heatwave peaking at 33C this weekend, a study has found far hotter temperatures could be in store.
Writing in the journal Weather, a team of Met Office scientists used computer models to simulate how likely the country is to see a repeat of the unprecedented 40C recorded three years ago. They found a 50 per cent chance of 40C occurring again in the next 12 years.
You can read the full story in The Times.
Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s row set to intensify with new boss
The already frosty relationship between Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s looks set to get colder with the appointment of a contentious new ice cream boss.
Unilever has proposed Peter ter Kulve to head the Magnum Ice Cream Company, its soon-to-be spun-off ice cream division that will house Ben & Jerry’s, Cornetto and Wall’s.
The appointment is expected to be approved by Unilever’s board in July before a planned listing this year. The FTSE 100 consumer goods group is set to have its primary listing in Amsterdam, with secondary listings in New York and London.
Read the full story in The Times.
Using AI makes you stupid, researchers find
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots risk making people less intelligent by hampering the development of critical thinking, memory and language skills, research has found.
A study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that people who relied on ChatGPT to write essays had lower brain activity than those who used their brain alone.
The group who used AI also performed worse than the “brain-only” participants in a series of tests. Those who had used AI also struggled when asked to perform tasks without it.
Get the full story on The Telegraph website.
Obey Supreme Court on sex or we’ll sue again, feminists warn SNP
SNP ministers have been warned that they will be sued again if they continue “stalling” over a ban on biological men entering female-only spaces.
Sex Matters, a gender-critical organisation which intervened in the landmark Supreme Court case won by For Women Scotland, has sent a formal legal letter stating it will go to court again if ministers do not act.
The UK’s most senior judges ruled in March that, under equalities law, biological men cannot become women regardless of whether they hold a gender recognition certificate (GRC).
Read the full story on The Times website.
Amazon boss says AI will replace jobs at tech giant
Amazon boss Andy Jassy has told staff to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and warned the technology will lead to a smaller corporate workforce in the next few years.
He shared the prediction in a memo to staff on Tuesday, which urged employees to "be curious about AI".
The tech giant is the latest firm to set out its plans for using AI amid concerns the technology will lead to rapid job losses across the world.
Read the full story on the BBC website.
We will win the fight on net zero, says Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband has pledged to beat the critics of his net zero policies by creating thousands of new jobs in the UK’s declining industrial regions.
The Energy Secretary said Britain was on the brink of a “green industrial revolution” that would boost employment and bring down household bills as he faces growing political backlash against his net zero agenda.
The Conservatives and Reform UK have increasingly raised concerns over the cost of Britain’s spending on renewables, which has added at least £200 to the average domestic power bill.
The full story is on the Telegraph website.