Amazon Mechanical Turk reportedly shuts down after 21 years
A user cites a 2023 study they say found almost half of the platform’s workers used AI to complete tasks.
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A user said on October 1, 2026, that Amazon had shut down Mechanical Turk after 21 years. They recalled Bezos calling it “artificial artificial intelligence” because people did work computers couldn’t, and cited a 2023 study they said found almost half its workers were using AI to get tasks done.
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