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Amazon to shut down Mechanical Turk platform in 2026

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

Amazon is discontinuing its crowdsourced work platform, Amazon Mechanical Turk, on September 30, 2026. The service, launched in 2005, connected workers with digital tasks but has seen a decline attributed to the rise of AI models and competing data labeling services. This closure raises concerns among workers about finding alternative sources of supplemental income. AI

IMPACT The closure of Amazon Mechanical Turk may impact the availability of human-labeled data for AI training and affect gig workers seeking supplemental income.

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on the discontinuation of a specific platform, which falls under product news but is not a frontier release or significant industry shift.

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Amazon to shut down Mechanical Turk platform in 2026

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

    # Amazon is shutting down its crowdsourced work platform, # MechanicalTurk , on 30 September 2026. Launched in 2005, the platform matched workers with simple di

    # Amazon is shutting down its crowdsourced work platform, # MechanicalTurk , on 30 September 2026. Launched in 2005, the platform matched workers with simple digital jobs, but its decline was attributed to the rise of # AI models and competing # datalabelling services. While some…

    LINKS cnbc.com/…/amazon-service-that-jeff-bezos…

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