Mere days after Bluesky introduced its new AI product, Attie, the coding helper has already change into the second most blocked account on the platform.
The Attie profile was given the chilly shoulder by 125,000 customers already, TechCrunch reported. With simply 1,500 followers, which means 83 occasions extra customers blocked Attie than adopted it — that quantity is larger than the official White Home account, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) profile, and is second solely to Vice President JD Vance, based on open supply information.
Attie was introduced on the Bluesky-sponsored ATmosphere AT protocol convention by former CEO and now chief innovation officer Jay Graber. As Graber and co-host Paul Frazee, Bluesky CTO, defined, Attie is an agentic app that lets customers “vibe code” their very own social feeds. It is a software that the platform believes will assist lower down on low-quality, AI-generated slop and misinformation that’s proliferating throughout the web.
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Following widespread derision from Bluesky customers, who denounced Bluesky’s funding in generative AI merchandise and flatly rejected Attie’s integration on the open supply platform, Graber posted a response:
“We hear the considerations about AI. Our aim is to make use of this expertise to offer folks better management, to not generate content material. Attie makes use of AI that can assist you create customized feeds with out having to know easy methods to code.
We’ll look into methods to keep in mind the preferences expressed by individuals who’ve blocked @attie.ai. The workforce has been making progress in the direction of personal accounts. There was lots of good suggestions on the tech at ATmosphereConf this week, and we’ll have extra to share quickly.”
If you have not already blocked Attie and as an alternative have an open thoughts towards the app’s vibe coding prospects, you will in all probability have to attend a bit longer. It is nonetheless in invite-only closed beta. Join the waitlist on the Attie web site.
