Overview
- Reporters found a new system-prompt in iOS 27 developer beta 2 that tells Siri to say it cannot access content behind a URL and to refuse requests to summarize, read, or extract information from links.
- The prompt explicitly orders Siri not to offer follow-up suggestions or workarounds, marking a shift from earlier behavior where the assistant might avoid or sidestep such requests.
- Siri already lacked the technical ability to pull page content, but the beta makes that limitation a clear, enforced policy rather than a hidden shortcoming.
- Safari still provides Apple Intelligence summaries only when a user is actively viewing a webpage, a design choice that contrasts with some chatbots that generate summaries from links without sending traffic to the source.
- The change is part of the ongoing iOS 27 developer beta cycle and could matter for publishers and user experience if Apple keeps the restriction through the public beta and final release, so observers will watch for more prompt and feature updates.