This feels like one of those stories that spreads because it’s too good not to.

People see that Claude is a top contributor in OpenAI related repo and jump to conclusions about what it means

Same with the Ballmer/Mac story. It sort of happened, but not really how people tell it. The Mac was there, but he wasn’t actually using it the way the story implies.

https://www.engadget.com/2008-04-30-steve-ballmer-uses-a-mac...