[pollinations]

Whether you believe the the article or not, the point you posted seems orthogonal to what google is saying.

They're not claiming anything about the quality of AI summaries. They are analyzing how traffic to external sites has been affected.

[andy99]

The first paragraph in the article is

  With AI Overviews and more recently AI Mode, people are able to ask questions they could never ask before. And the response has been tremendous: Our data shows people are happier with the experience and are searching more than ever as they discover what Search can do now.