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Fred Hutch establishes free AI-powered chatbot app to help people quit smoking

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researchers, led by Jonathan Bricker, launched an AI-powered chatbot app called QuitBot to help more people successfully quit smoking cigarettes. 

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