Amazon is shutting down its Mechanical Turk platform by September 30, impacting gig workers as AI increasingly handles simple tasks.
Amazon is shutting down a go-to option for gig workers. It's the latest casualty of AI growth.
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Amazon shutting down Mechanical Turk platform on Sept. 30, 2026
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Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk after 21 years
Amazon's crowdsourced work platform Mechanical Turk to close in September
Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after more than 20 years
Amazon service Bezos once called 'artificial artificial intelligence' is shutting down
Amazon ha annunciato ufficialmente la chiusura di Mechanical Turk
KI killt Mechanical Turk: Amazon zieht den Stecker
Amazon is shutting down its 21-year-old platform that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos described as 'artificial artificial intelligence' at its launch in 2005
Nach 21 Jahren: Amazon schließt „Mechanical Turk“
The 21-year-old platform matched workers with small digital tasks and once served more than 500,000 workers
Amazon announced the closure of its crowdsourced work platform, Mechanical Turk, effective September 30, 2026, marking the end of…
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Mechanical Turk launched in 2005 as a service matching workers with simple digital jobs for them to do and be paid for
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