# Amazon Mechanical Turk: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/amazon-mechanical-turk

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Internal talent marketplace](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/internal-talent-marketplace/index.md) | 0% | 129 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "it is widely considered a "dead end" for anyone seeking meaningful income" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Internal talent marketpl)
- "Avoid for Fair Income" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Internal talent marketpl)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Amazon Mechanical Turk, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- freelancer.com: 2
- hrw.org: 2
- mashable.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- support.upwork.com: 2
- upwork.com: 2
- allwork.space: 1
- arxiv.org: 1
- bamboohr.com: 1
- begig.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://freelancer.com/community/articles/freelancer-scams-10-red-flags-and-warning-signs: 2
- https://mashable.com/article/how-not-to-get-scammed-freelance-platforms: 2
- https://reddit.com/r/freelanceWriters/comments/13dt7e6/which_freelancing_platforms_have_you_used_and: 2
- https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211067668-How-to-stay-safe-on-Upwork: 2
- https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/35088484250003-Recognize-red-flags-and-avoid-scams: 2
- https://upwork.com/resources/spotting-fake-job-posts: 2
- https://allwork.space/2025/05/report-finds-widespread-worker-exploitation-in-online-gig-economy: 1
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.09787: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.