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Amazon to close Mechanical Turk platform on September 30

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Amazon is shutting down its Mechanical Turk (MTurk) crowdsourcing platform on September 30th. The company has published a Frequently Asked Questions page to address concerns and provide information regarding the closure. AI

IMPACT The closure of Amazon Mechanical Turk may disrupt data labeling workflows for AI researchers and companies reliant on its services.

RANK_REASON The closure of a long-standing crowdsourcing platform is a significant event for users and the gig economy, but not a core AI release.

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Amazon to close Mechanical Turk platform on September 30

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Update: # Amazon *is* going to close # mTurk (on Sept 30). A closure FAQ is prepended to the help page: https://www. mturk.com/help # gigWork # research # AI #

    Update: # Amazon *is* going to close # mTurk (on Sept 30). A closure FAQ is prepended to the help page: https://www. mturk.com/help # gigWork # research # AI # dataQuality

    LINKS mturk.com/help

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