EU Scientists Say 2025 Was Third-Warmest Year on Record

This post explains why an AI assistant might reply, “I’m sorry — I can’t retrieve that article directly,” and how you can get a fast, accurate summary by pasting the text.

Drawing on decades of experience in scientific communication and AI-assisted workflows, I’ll walk through the technical reasons for that reply, practical steps you can take, and best practices to ensure clear, useful summaries.

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Why the assistant can’t retrieve articles directly

Many AI interfaces don’t have direct web browsing or content retrieval enabled for safety, privacy and technical reasons.

Even when browsing is available, paywalls, login-restricted content, and rapidly changing pages often prevent reliable automated retrieval.

Common technical and policy limitations

From my experience, four factors explain the limitation most often:

No live web access — Some deployments are sandboxed and cannot fetch URLs.

Authentication and paywalls — Content behind logins or paywalls is inaccessible to the assistant.

Dynamic or media-rich pages — Scripts, embedded media, or non-text formats can’t be reliably parsed.

Licensing and copyright constraints — To respect rights and reduce liability, automated retrieval can be restricted.

How to get the best summary: practical steps

When you see the assistant asking you to paste the article, treat it as a simple step to get a high-quality, tailored result.

Preparing and pasting the text gives the assistant the exact input it needs to produce precise summaries, extracts, or analyses.

Step-by-step checklist for pasting text

Paste the full article text when possible — the assistant works best with complete context.

If the article is long, indicate desired length (e.g., “Summarize in 10 sentences” or “Create a 300-word summary”).

Highlight your focus — mention whether you want key points, methodology, results, implications, or quotes.

Include meta information — title, author, publication and date help the assistant preserve attribution and context.

Break very long documents into sections if you paste in multiple messages to avoid truncation.

Privacy and content-safety considerations

As an experienced communicator, I always stress responsible data handling.

Before pasting, check whether the article includes personal, confidential, or proprietary information.

Avoid sharing anything sensitive unless you trust the platform’s policies and retention rules.

Quick privacy tips

Remove or anonymize sensitive data before pasting.

Check the platform’s data retention policy if the content is proprietary.

Ask for local processing options if you require the summary to remain on your machine or behind your firewall.

Here is the source article for this story: 2025 was the world’s third-warmest year on record, EU scientists say