Amazon announced the closure of its crowdsourced work platform, Mechanical Turk, effective September 30, 2026, marking the end of a service launched in 2005.
MTurk was launched in 2005
Aug 26, 2026
12:06 pm
What's the storyAmazon has announced the closure of its 21-year-old crowdsourced work platform, Mechanical Turk. The decision comes after a regular evaluation of its programs and services.
"Following an assessment, we've made the decision to close AWS Mechanical Turk, effective September 30, 2026," a notice on the MTurk website said.
Amazon's crowdsourced work platform Mechanical Turk to close in September
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Amazon is shutting down its 21-year-old platform that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos described as 'artificial artificial intelligence' at its launch in 2005
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