Bluesky Launches AI App Attie, Draws 125,000 Blocks

Bluesky, the decentralized social network positioning itself as an alternative to X, unveiled a new AI-powered app called Attie over the weekend at its Atmosphere developer conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. The standalone tool, designed to let users create custom feeds through simple natural language prompts, has faced swift and widespread rejection from the platform's community, with its official account blocked by more than 125,000 users within days of launch.

Attie operates on Bluesky's open-source AT Protocol, which enables interoperability among social apps in the broader Atmosphere ecosystem. Users log in with their existing Bluesky credentials and describe desired content, such as "show me electronic music and experimental sound from people in my network" or "poetry and longform fiction from those I follow." Powered by Anthropic's Claude model, the app then assembles a personalized feed by searching relevant posts across the network. Currently in a closed beta available to conference attendees, Attie includes a public waitlist for broader access. Company leaders described it as the first "agentic" social app on the protocol, allowing non-coders to shape their...