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AI & Enterprise
Amazon\'s Mechanical Turk halts new customer sign-ups, effectively winding down
Amazon Web Services will stop registering new customers for its crowdsourcing service Mechanical Turk, which has operated for more than 20 years. Launched in 2005, Mechanical Turk is a marketplace where users post tasks that are hard to automate, such as CAPTCHA verification and sentiment analysis, for others to bid on and complete. Amazon says existing users will not be affected. Reports said the service is in maintenance and may be nearing closure.
Opinion
Ethics of AI developers also matters
In teaching AI-era ethics, discussion often focuses on users because they are the audience, even though AI systems carry bias and limits and can cause unintended harm. Responsibility is often placed on users amid gaps in understanding between developers and users. The article cites cases where automated software and algorithms reinforce discrimination and harm vulnerable groups. It also raises concerns about opaque practices inside AI firms, environmental costs of data centres, and low-paid content moderation work in developing countries.
Industry
Science ministry to support overseas sales of Korean lab equipment with pavilions at Germany, Japan trade shows
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Monday it will operate Korean pavilions at two of the world\'s three major laboratory equipment exhibitions, Germany\'s Analytica and Japan\'s JASIS, to support exports of domestically made research equipment. Analytica 2026 is being held in Munich through March 27, with several Korean companies taking part in buyer meetings. Applications for JASIS 2026 will be announced in April.
