Start Up No.2687: examining the UK’s social media ban for under-16s, will Siri AI kill chatbots?, the paid saboteurs, and more

The precise biology behind the Venus Flytrap’s stunningly fast activation has been figured out, finally. CC-licensed photo by Mark Freeth on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 11 links for you. Yes, they’re back. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Social media ban for under-16s in the UK: Cambridge expert reaction • University of Cambridge » “Whether this is a good or bad policy decision depends on what we consider to be the ultimate goal of this ban,” said Prof Amy Orben of Cambridge’s MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, who was last month appointed to a Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) advisory panel on children’s online wellbeing. “On the one hand, this ban will not solve our collective concerns about the…