2026-09-15 13:12 UTC
Did you update to iOS 27? Congratulations! You've now possibly have been re-enrolled in Apple Intelligence, because Apple knows better about what you want than you do.
Starting with iOS 27, there is no top-level Apple Intelligence setting that you can turn off.If you had Apple Intelligence disabled on iOS prior to 27, the features that use Apple Intelligence will be automatically re-enabled upon upgrading to 27.If you do want to turn off an example Apple Intelligence thing in iOS 27, you can:Settings → Screen TimeContent & Privacy Restrictions → turn it on (It's off by default)Siri → Writing Assistance → Don’t Allow
Confusingly, on this same settings page, you can select Siri Classic, as opposed to the default-in-27 Siri AI (Beta). However, after making this change, none of the settings below it change at all. So is Siri AI (Beta) with Writing Assistance (and all other settings there) set to Don't Allow less AI-ish than Siri Classic with the default associated settings of Allowed? I have no idea.
Are there any Apple Intelligence settings outside of the Content & Privacy Restrictions settings for Siri? I also have no idea.
You will embrace your AI overlords and you will like it.
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@wdormann@infosec.exchange 2026-09-15 13:36
What's even more confusing, is if you leave it on the default Siri AI (Beta), you see a Try Siri AI link in the Siri settings. Which sort of implies that Siri AI is not enabled by default? 🤷♂️ (At least on my phone that had Apple Intelligence disabled globally while on iOS 26) There are a bit too many unknowns in all this.