Claude

American

[klawd, klohd] / klɔd, kloʊd /

noun

Albert, 1899–1983, U.S. biologist, born in Belgium: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.
Also Claud. a male given name: from a Roman family name meaning “lame.”

Claude British

/ klɔːd, klod /

noun

Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria

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Authentic Brands Group and other Presley publishers filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic last month, claiming it used his songs without permission to train its online agent Claude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The partnerships that hold rights to 274 Elvis Presley songs, including “Don’t Be Cruel” and “All Shook Up,” claim AI giant Anthropic illegally used the songs to train its AI tool Claude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The films of Frank Capra, buying Louisiana, letters from Claude Monet and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Another key responsibility of hers is to monitor how clients appear in the responses from AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and others.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

We used to have a pet parade every year on the last day of school, till the year Claude Herdman entered their cat.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

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