OpenAI is testing a new workspace interface for ChatGPT called Canvas. The artificial intelligence giant unveiled its new ChatGPT workspace on and is currently available for ChatGPT Plus and Team users. Business and educational users will be able to access Canvas next week.
Canvas is a virtual interface space for writing and coding projects that allows users to consult with ChatGPT about certain parts of a project. A separate window opens in addition to the main chat space and users can write or code on this new “canvas” and highlight sections for the model to focus on and edit “like a text editor or code reviewer,” according to the blog.
Canvas can be opened manually by typing “use canvas” in the prompt. Canvas can also open automatically when it “detects a scenario where it could be useful,” according to the blog post.
There are also several shortcuts that can be used to write and code projects. Users can ask ChatGPT for suggestions for edits, length adjustments, reading level changes, and emojis on writing projects. Programmers can have ChatGPT review certain lines of code, add logs and comments for clarity, fix errors, and transfer coding to a different language such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, or PHP in Canvas mode.
OpenAI's Canvas feature aligns ChatGPT with other ai assistants that have separate workspaces to focus on certain areas of a project, such as the coding-focused ai model. .
