It seems to be a widely repeated "fact" which can't be traced to anything particularly authoritative: https://archive.is/pt5fQ https://archive.is/pt5fQ https:

It seems to be a widely repeated "fact" which can't be traced to anything particularly authoritative: https://archive.is/pt5fQ https://archive.is/pt5fQ https://britannica.com/topic/Claude-AI https://britannica.com/topic/Claude-AI Looks like the 2023 NYT article started it, and it uses this as reference: > depending on which employee you ask, was either a nerdy tribute to the 20th-century mathematician Claude Shannon Personally I always associated it with the silent protagonist from GTA3. https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Claude https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Claude