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Iceland launches AI Knittakers to give workers an hour back
The free service uses 4,000-worker research showing many meetings could have been emails and gives attendees a one-word wool summary.
- Starting today, Visit Iceland launched Authentic Icelandic Knittakers, a service allowing people to book a real knitter to attend online meetings in their place through November 20, 2026.
- Research commissioned by Visit Iceland among 4,000 office workers found they spend nearly 8 hours per month in avoidable meetings, while 63% agreed many meetings could have been an email.
- Knittakers join live from farmhouse kitchens, waterfalls, and geothermal pools across Iceland to read the room and choose a one-word summary—PIVOT, ALIGN, RESET, or UNMUTE—which they knit in Icelandic wool.
- "It's easy to assume that every modern problem needs a technological answer," Sigr, spokesperson for Visit Iceland, said, noting Iceland values simple solutions like time and nature.
- Visitors can book an AIKnittaker for free at AIKnittaker.com until November 20, 2026, with organizers in Europe able to receive the hand-knitted summary by mail.
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