Mechanical Turk Stops New Signups. Baidu Enables One-Pass OCR. Wealthy Families Choose AI Schools. Seedance Divides Hollywood.

The AI news for July 6th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/amazon-will-stop-accepting-new-customers-for-mechanical-turk/ Baidu's 'Unlimited OCR' transcribes entire books in a single pass. Source: https://the-decoder.de/baidus-unlimited-ocr-transkribiert-ganze-buecher-in-einem-durchgang/ AI-powered private schools appeal to the US moneyed elite with personalized learning instead of traditional instruction. Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-privatschulen-punkten-bei-der-us-geldelite-mit-personalisiertem-lernen-statt-klassischem-unterricht/ ByteDance's video model 'Seedance' outrages Hollywood – and is secretly used there anyway. Source: https://the-decoder.de/bytedances-videomodell-seedance-empoert-hollywood-und-wird-dort-trotzdem-heimlich-genutzt/