Amazon announced that it will shut down its crowdsourcing work platform AWS Mechanical Turk (MTurk), which has been in operation for approximately 21 years, on September 30, 2026. Since its launch in 2005, the platform has served over 500,000 remote workers, primarily distributing low-barrier digital tasks such as data annotation. In recent years, influenced by factors such as the advancement of AI model capabilities, the rise of professional data service providers, and the use of AI by some workers to complete tasks, the platform's business has continued to decline. Its closure may prompt related companies to seek alternative services and impact the remote gig worker community that relies on the platform.