Amazon is shutting down "artificial AI" service Mechanical Turk

Amazon is shutting down its Mechanical Turk service, which Jeff Bezos once called 'artificial AI,' according to a CNBC report dated August 25, 2026. The service, which crowdsources human tasks for AI training and other purposes, will be discontinued, though the report provides no further details on the timeline or reasons.

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