Lenny (bot)

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Lenny is a chatbot designed to waste the time of telemarketers. The 16 precorded messages are spoken in a soft Australian accent. Recordings of conversations with the bot are widely shared online on websites such as Reddit and YouTube.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

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  1. ^ Oberhaus, Daniel (November 21, 2018). "The Story of Lenny, the Internet's Favorite Telemarketing Troll". Vice.com.
  2. ^ Conlin, Bennett (February 7, 2019). "How to Learn from the Six Worst Telemarketing Experiences". Business News Daily.
  3. ^ Jeffrey, Cal (November 26, 2018). "Lenny is a chatbot that trolls telemarketers". TechSpot.
  4. ^ Bolton, Doug (January 14, 2016). "Meet Lenny - the internet's favourite telemarketer-tricking robot". The Independent. London.
  5. ^ "Lenny the call-bot tortures telemarketers — just ask the woman calling on behalf of Pierre Poilievre". National Post. Toronto. August 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Vincent, James (November 10, 2017). "Send scam emails to this chatbot and it'll waste their time for you". The Verge.
  7. ^ Navarro, Francis (January 19, 2019). "Complete guide to stopping robocalls in 2019". Komando.com.
  8. ^ "Chatbot Lenny treibt jeden Werbeanrufer in die Flucht" [Chatbot Lenny drives every advertising caller on the run]. Deutsche Welle (in German). December 10, 2018.
  9. ^ Mecia, Tony (December 22, 2017). "Telemarketers, Ahoy". The Weekly Standard. Washington D.C.
  10. ^ "Lenny, il chatbot che risponde ai centralini telemarketing" [Lenny, the chatbot that answers the telemarketing switchboards]. libero.it (in Italian). February 1, 2019.
  11. ^ Nasi, Michele. "Call center fuorilegge protagonisti in Italia di una serie di campagne phishing" [Outlaw call centers protagonists in Italy of a series of phishing campaigns]. ilSoftware.it (in Italian).
  12. ^ Siekierski, BJ (August 26, 2015). "Lenny, the telemarketer's nightmare, confuses a Poilievre campaign staffer". iPolitics.

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