When Google shows an AI summary, people click through to a source about half as often.
Pew tracked 68,879 searches: a click happened in 8% of visits with a summary and 15% without. A summary is quick, and it can replace the reading it summarises.
Whole books are the opposite habit. WonderBooks is a library for staying with one story or one subject for longer than a search result lasts.
Source: Pew Research Center, 2025.
When an AI gives you the answer, do you still read the source? Tell me in the comments.
