Amazon to Shut Down Mechanical Turk on September 30

Amazon will permanently shut down its crowdsourcing platform Mechanical Turk on September 30, 2026, ending a 21-year experiment that once connected hundreds of thousands of remote workers with digital tasks that computers struggled to perform. The company announced the closure in a notice posted to the platform's website, stating the decision followed a regular evaluation of its programs and services. Amazon did not provide a specific reason for the shutdown but noted that the landscape for such work has changed significantly.