Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
Summary
TechCrunch reports that Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk, with a July 30, 2026 cutoff. Existing customers can continue using the service, but the platform is effectively on life support as AWS states no new features will be introduced. The piece situates MTurk within AI data labeling and crowdsourcing debates, highlighting ethical and industry implications for AI training pipelines.