How is that not a conflict of interest by the way, when Google's AI search results prevent the websites it trained on from getting clicks?

How is it different than Google Summaries or AMP or any of the other ways Google tried to keep people from actually visiting the websites that drive all of their traffic.

Am I the only one that clicks through to the sources cited?

I usually do the same, but not always. And I believe clicking through is a behavior of a minority of people and interactions, judging by the click through rate drops sites have seen recently. (On mobile at the moment, so apologies for not grabbing a source for the rate drops sites.)

In the grand scheme of things? Yes.