Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after 21 years, quietly ending the human-powered platform
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on September 30 after 21 years of operation, ending a marketplace where workers completed small digital tasks for minimal pay. The platform had over 500,000 workers at its peak and became infrastructure for machine learning by providing human-annotated datasets and feedback to train AI models.
Read full story →OpenAI’s Altman Says No IPO in 2026, Firm to Prioritize Safety
OpenAI will not pursue an initial public offering in 2026 because the company is prioritizing safety concerns related to artificial intelligence technology. CEO Sam Altman made this statement in an interview with Fortune.
4 things you can do to protect yourself from the rising threat of AI
AI is increasingly integrated into home appliances, work products, and messaging systems while simultaneously gathering data from user behavior. Traditional cybersecurity threats like stolen passwords and phishing attacks have become more sophisticated, requiring four specific protective habits to reduce digital risk.
Don’t trust AI companies with your content. Verify them instead
Three major music publishers sued Anthropic for allegedly using torrented music and lyrics to train AI models without permission, following a similar January lawsuit from Universal. Anthropic previously settled a 1.5 billion dollar case over pirated books and declined detailed comment on the music allegations.