Amazon shuts down Mechanical Turk as 46% of workers were found using AI
alliekmiller · x · 2026-08-31
Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk in September. A 2023 study found that up to 46% of AMT workers were already using AI to complete tasks, with predictions that this figure could exceed 80% by 2026.
Without controlled environments—like Scale AI's in-office operations—preventing remote workers from using AI tools to gain an advantage is nearly impossible. This marks the end of an era for veteran AI practitioners and highlights a severe trust crisis in the data labeling industry.
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