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Mechanical Turk shutdown: Amazon ends the “artificial AI” marketplace

August 26, 2026 by Daily Scope 24

Mechanical Turk shutdown: brass automaton dissolving into task tickets on olive desk with teal circuit ghost

Mechanical Turk shutdown is set for Sept. 30, 2026. Amazon closes the 21-year HIT platform Bezos called “artificial artificial intelligence” after years of decline and a July freeze on new customers.