The Economic Times

In 2005, Jeff Bezos launched a platform he called artificial artificial intelligence that once had more than 500,000 workers. Amazon is now shutting it down

Amazon has announced that it will shut down its Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform on September 30, 2026, after two decades of connecting global workers with online tasks. The ongoing advancements in AI have led to a decline in human involvement in these digital jobs. This decision highlights a significant transition in the workforce dynamics between humans and AI, affecting many who depended on the platform for flexible job opportunities.