Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Dyce office building bought in multi-million-pound deal
A Dyce office building has been sold in a deal worth £3.35million.
The property in ABZ Business Park has been bought by French asset management firm Epsicap Reim. The 18,466 sq ft building, in Dyce Drive, is currently occupied by offshore catering firm Aramark.
It is the third Granite City acquisition for the Bourdeaux-headquartered business in the space of two months.
Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban
Australia's landmark social media ban for children is being challenged in the nation's highest court, with two teens alleging the law is unconstitutional as it robs them of their right to free communication.
From 10 December, social media firms - including Meta, TikTok and YouTube - must ensure that Australians aged under 16 cannot hold accounts on their platforms.
The law, which is being watched closely around the globe, was justified by campaigners and the government as necessary to protect children from harmful content and algorithms.
Warner settles lawsuit with AI music firm and launches joint venture
Warner Music Group (WMG) will begin an artificial intelligence (AI) music venture with technology start-up Suno - a year after it sued the firm in a landmark case.
As part of the settlement agreement struck between the two firms, Warner will let users create AI-generated music on Suno using the voices, names and likeness of artists who opt-in to the programme.
The record label, which represents artists like Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran, was among several music giants like Sony Music that sued Suno and a similar platform called Udio.
Former pupil says Farage’s racist abuse was ‘persistent’, not ‘banter’
The school contemporary who accused Nigel Farage of hissing “Hitler was right” and “gas them” while they were at Dulwich College together has said it was “no surprise” that the Reform leader has denied the claims.
Peter Ettedgui, the grandson of Jews who escaped Nazi Germany, claimed he was racially abused by Farage while the pair were at school in the late 1970s.
On Tuesday, Ettedgui told The Times that the comments were not “banter”, as Farage claimed on Monday in his first interview since his claims were published in the Guardian newspaper.
AI could replace 40% of American jobs, says report
About 40% of American jobs could be replaced by artificial intelligence, according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute.
The American consultancy’s analysis found that robots and AI agents could automate more than half of US work hours, both manual and cognitive, using technology that is available today, if companies redesigned how they did things.
Most of the roles at risk involve the kinds of drafting, processing information and routine reasoning that AI agents can do. Hiring is slowing in some such jobs, such as among paralegals, administrative and office support workers and programmers, the research found.