Google is testing moving the results count with favicons from above the citations and links cards in the AI Mode results, to under/below the citations and links cards. I am not sure if this will make a difference either way to publishers, but Google is always testing changes.
This test was spotted by Brodie Clark at SERP alerts and he posted some screenshots on X. Here is what the test looks like with the counts/favicons on the bottom:
Here is what it typically looks like:
Forum discussion at X.
