Amazon To Shut Down Mechanical Turk Platform On September 30
· Technology · CNBC, Times of India
Amazon will close its Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform, a crowdsourced service for digital tasks, on September 30, 2026. Launched in 2005, the platform allowed users to complete simple tasks like data labeling and audio transcription for small fees. The service, once described by Jeff Bezos as "artificial artificial intelligence," has seen a decline in usage as AI models have advanced and new data annotation startups have entered the market. Amazon previously marketed the platform as a resource for training AI models through its SageMaker service.
Why it matters
The closure of MTurk marks the end of a long-standing crowdsourcing tool, reflecting the shift toward automated AI training methods in the tech industry.
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