OpenAI Introduces New 'Canvas' Feature for ChatGPT

Canvas is a brand new interface designed for working with ChatGPT on writing and coding projects that go beyond simple chat interactions.

ChatGPT is getting a major user interface redesign since its release in November 2022.

For those who were disappointed by the lack of new ChatGPT features during OpenAI’s DevDay event, this news might be a delightful surprise: OpenAI has released Canvas, a brand new feature that introduces a new way of working with ChatGPT for writing and coding tasks.

It’s weird that OpenAI didn’t mention this new feature yesterday during DevDay.

In this article, I’ll discuss about the following topics:

1. What is Canvas in ChatGPT?

2. How to access Canvas

3. OpenAI’s Canvas vs. Anthropic’s Artifacts

4. When to use Canvas?

5. Final thoughts

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What Is Canvas in ChatGPT?

Canvas is a new interface designed for working with ChatGPT on writing and coding projects that go beyond simple chat interactions. Canvas appears on the right side of the chat, making it easier to work on longer-form documents without having to continuously scroll up and down.

Here’s a closer look at what the new interface looks like.:

Image by Jim Clyde Monge

OpenAI’s research team developed the following core behaviors:

• Triggering the canvas for writing and coding

• Generating diverse content types

• Making targeted edits

• Rewriting documents

• Providing inline critique

Let me give you an example to illustrate how Canvas works: