OpenAI launches ChatGPT canvas tool for coders and writers. Here’s how it works

ChatGPT can produce high-quality code and textual content. These generative capabilities are common use circumstances for the generative AI software. To assist customers get much more out of their experiences, OpenAI is introducing a brand new characteristic — Canvas. 

On Thursday, OpenAI unveiled the interface that opens in a separate window, making it simpler to collaborate in your writing and coding initiatives with ChatGPT, and unlock a brand new, extra in-depth degree of help:

There’s typically a back-and-forth revision course of when utilizing ChatGPT to assist with writing or coding. This course of can grow to be difficult as a result of the unique add can get misplaced within the chat interface with each edit, follow-up level, or query. 

Now, customers can view the ChatGPT interface on the suitable of the mission to ask questions concerning the mission with out dropping the circulation of the dialog. When opened on the mission, the interface additionally options writing and coding shortcuts that may carry out duties on the contact of a button. 

The writing shortcuts assist customers recommend edits, modify lengths, change studying ranges, add emojis, and “add closing polish”, which checks for grammar, readability, and consistency, as seen within the picture on the high of this story. The coding shortcuts can evaluate code, add logs, add feedback, repair bugs, and port to a language. 

When the mission is open in Canvas, customers can spotlight particular components they’d like help with. Canvas will open mechanically when ChatGPT detects a situation the place it will be useful. Customers may also name on it by manually choosing the software within the toggle picker below “ChatGPT 4o with Canvas”. 

OpenAI skilled Canvas to “collaborate as a artistic associate”, with its analysis workforce growing core behaviors similar to rewriting paperwork, offering inline critiques, producing various content material varieties, and extra. 

Canvas is offered now in early beta to ChatGPT Plus and Group customers. ChatGPT Plus membership prices $20/month and contains different perks, similar to the brand new Voice Mode and limitless picture generations. Enterprise and Edu customers will get entry to Canvas subsequent week, with ChatGPT free customers getting entry sooner or later as soon as the software is out of beta.