Lenny (bot)

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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References
  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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