Amazon Mechanical Turk Closes After 21 Years
Amazon officially shut down its crowdsourcing marketplace on September 30, 2026, ending a platform known for "Human Intelligence Tasks" like data labeling and transcription that had employed 157k+ workers across 167 countries.
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The closure marks the end of a foundational gig economy and AI training data platform, as generative AI increasingly automates tasks once performed by human workers. It reflects broader shifts in human-AI collaboration and raises questions about the future of labor in an AI-driven economy.
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