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The original human-microtask marketplace shuts down

development2026-08-27

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Amazon is shutting Mechanical Turk, Bezos's artificial artificial intelligence, which 46% of its workers had quietly upgraded to artificial artificial artificial intelligence.

Reported metric: 46% using AI

Reporting date: 2026-08-27 (not necessarily the event date)

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Amazon

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The original human-microtask marketplace shuts down
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Reporting date: 2026-08-27
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-08-27-the-oldest-agent-market-closes
Claim: Amazon is shutting Mechanical Turk, Bezos's artificial artificial intelligence, which 46% of its workers had quietly upgraded to artificial artificial artificial intelligence.
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- Welcome to August 27, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-august-27-2026
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