Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30
Summary
Amazon Mechanical Turk will shut down on September 30, 2026, ending a long-running crowdsourcing platform used for data labeling and ML tasks. The article outlines MTurk's rationale, the impact on workers and requesters, and guidance on preparing for closure, including available help resources. It also highlights MTurk's role in ML workflows and business process outsourcing.