Can AI help Hongkongers quit smoking? Health authorities are giving it a go

Hong Kong health authorities have deployed an AI chatbot developed by a local university to help residents quit smoking, after missing their target despite a clampdown on tobacco products. The Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office noted on Wednesday that the city’s smoking rate had dropped to 8.5 per cent last year, one of the lowest among developed economies. The office unveiled its “Chat to Quit” c