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Amazon sunsets Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

Amazon Web Services is discontinuing its crowdsourcing platform, Mechanical Turk, for new users starting July 30, 2026. This service, often referred to as "Artificial Artificial Intelligence," has been a significant platform for data labeling and other human-powered tasks that support AI development. AI

IMPACT The closure of Mechanical Turk may impact the availability of human-labeled data for AI training, potentially increasing costs or shifting demand to alternative platforms.

RANK_REASON Product discontinuation of a long-standing crowdsourcing service.

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Amazon sunsets Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Maximilian Schreiner ·

    Amazon sunsets Mechanical Turk, the original "Artificial Artificial Intelligence"

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white_collar_work_ai.jpeg" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1365" /></p> <p> Amazon Web Services is shutting down its crowdsourcing…

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Amazon sunsets Mechanical Turk, the original “Artificial Artificial Intelligence” https://www. byteseu.com/2171119/ # AI # AITraining # amazon # ArtificialIntel

    Amazon sunsets Mechanical Turk, the original “Artificial Artificial Intelligence” https://www. byteseu.com/2171119/ # AI # AITraining # amazon # ArtificialIntelligence # aws

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