It’s a Weird Time to Be Named Claude
The once-rare name is now shared with Anthropic’s fast-growing AI assistant — leaving the humans called Claude to adjust.
Illustration: David Huang For Bloomberg
Claude Colp was coming down an escalator at Boston Logan International Airport when a giant orange billboard bearing his name came into view. His first thought was: “Is that for me?”
It wasn’t. The sign was an advertisement for Claude, the artificial intelligence assistant from Anthropic PBC.