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Negobot
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<p> Negobot also referred to as Lolita or Lolita chatbot is a <a href="/facts/Chatterbot/kASkMjs7">chatterbot</a> that was introduced to the public in 2013, designed by researchers from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Deusto/hAFWJFqM">University of Deusto</a> and <a href="/facts/Optenet/J0llqhNq">Optenet</a> to catch online pedophiles. It is a <a href="/facts/Conversational_agent/gbMVkBVf">conversational agent</a> that utilizes <a href="/facts/Natural_language_processing/1hjMKsSN">natural language processing</a> (NLP), <a href="/facts/Information_retrieval/MFSmpeNw">information retrieval</a> (IR) and <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">Automatic Learning</a>. Because the bot poses as a young female in order to entice and track potential predators, it became known in media as the "virtual Lolita", in reference to Vladimir Nabokov's <a href="/facts/Lolita/m7tdIUwV">novel</a>. </p>