Google is showing the full author name and the source, like LinkedIn - and name or Medium - and name, for the citations. It makes sense for these social platforms to show the name, because anyone can write anything on these platforms, so knowing the name makes it more useful.
This was spotted by Gagan Ghorta who posted an example on X - he wrote, "AI Overviews - for LinkedIn & Medium citations Google now also showing author names, good move I think - highlighting names of authors right there in the answer."
Here is his screenshot:
We spotted something similar, not exactly, but super similar, to this about a year ago.
Forum discussion at X.
