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Claude Opus 5.5 refuses website access, users seek workarounds

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A user on Reddit's ClaudeAI subreddit is seeking workarounds for Claude Opus 5.5's refusal to access video content from a WordPress site. The AI cited its inability to bypass automated access blocks on VideoPress, the hosting service. In contrast, ChatGPT and another tool, Astra, were able to fulfill a similar request involving video analysis and file size optimization. AI

IMPACT Highlights limitations in current LLM web browsing capabilities and potential workarounds.

RANK_REASON User discussion about an AI model's limitations and comparison with alternatives.

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Claude Opus 5.5 refuses website access, users seek workarounds

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/InadequateUsername ·

    Claude refusal for "website blocks automated access" is there a workaround?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Chatgpt doesn't care and will dutifully carry out the request. I'm this case the prompt was &quot;Can we download the video from this site, analyze with ffmpeg and determine how they could better optimize their file size for upload &lt;WordPress …

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