With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, Apple has made key adjustments to its privacy and ecosystem strategies in its latest operating system. In the newly released iOS 27 Beta 2 test version update, Apple further tightened the usage rules for Apple Intelligence, directly limiting the smart assistant Siri's ability to handle external web links.
According to the latest changes in the underlying system prompts, when players or users provide a specific URL and ask Siri to summarize, read, or extract information from it, Siri will be required to clearly inform the user that it cannot access the webpage.
Protecting the content ecosystem, refusing direct scraping
In the latest changes to the underlying system prompts, Apple not only requires Siri to refuse such requests but also strictly prohibits it from providing any subsequent suggestions or workarounds to users.
This move is speculated by the industry to be an important strategy for Apple to protect content copyrights and web ecosystems. As more AI robots serve users by directly scraping and summarizing website content, many readers no longer visit original web pages, which has greatly impacted the traditional business models of content creators and web media.
Browser side remains, ensuring daily use
Although the rules on the Siri side have been tightened, this does not mean that Apple has completely disabled the web summary function.
In the built-in Safari browser of iOS 27, when users actively open and browse a specific webpage, they can still call the system's built-in Apple Intelligence at any time to generate a summary of the current page, achieving a delicate balance between convenience and ecological protection.
