Amazon to shut down 21-year-old Mechanical Turk platform by September 2026
Amazon has confirmed it will permanently close its Mechanical Turk platform on September 30, 2026. The crowdsourcing service, which connected hundreds of thousands of workers with small digital tasks, had operated for over two decades. It faced growing pressure from advances in artificial intelligence and increasing competition from rival platforms. Amazon had previously attempted to repurpose the platform to support AI training needs, but the service continued to decline. Many workers had relied on Mechanical Turk as a source of flexible remote income.
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