[Amazon to Shut Down Crowdsourcing Annotation Platform Mechanical Turk by End of September] According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on August 26, CNBC reported that Amazon announced it will shut down its crowdsourcing work platform AWS Mechanical Turk (MTurk) on September 30, 2026, after approximately 21 years of operation. Launched in 2005, the platform primarily distributed low-barrier digital tasks such as data annotation, audio and video transcription, and surveys to remote workers, serving over 500,000 'Turkers' over the years. The report noted that with the advancement of AI model capabilities and the rise of professional data service providers like Scale AI, Mercor, and Prolific, MTurk has been in continuous decline in recent years. A 2023 study also revealed that up to 46% of MTurk workers had used AI models to complete tasks. The platform's closure may prompt businesses in industries such as insurance and travel, which still rely on it for data processing, to accelerate their search for alternative services, and it could impact remote gig workers who depend on the platform as their primary source of income.