AI Industry Moves Today: Amazon Retires Mechanical Turk, Waymo Picks Munich, DeepSeek Nears $74B Round

Bengaluru, August, 2026 – Amazon is shutting down its 21-year-old Mechanical Turk crowdwork platform as AI-native data-labeling firms take over, Waymo named Munich its first European robotaxi market, and China’s DeepSeek is closing in on a $74 billion funding round ahead of a planned Shanghai listing. Amazon Winds Down Mechanical Turk as AI-Native Labeling Rivals … Continue reading AI Industry Moves Today: Amazon Retires Mechanical Turk, Waymo Picks Munich, DeepSeek Nears $74B Round