OpenAI releases Canvas on ChatGPT. Here’s how to use it

On the fourth day of the news event OpenAI, the company made the public launch of a feature that had been in testing since October of this year. The functionality Canvas (Blackboard, in translation) of ChatGPT arrives to allow web version users to edit content and even type programming codes, as well as test them, before sending them for approval. See how to use it.

What can ChatGPT Canvas do?

The idea of Canvas is to allow the user to have a side window that changes the results sent by ChatGPT, without having to give a new command. For example, if you want to change the intonation of a text, just type this in the window Canvas and the text will be changed. But it can do more than that.

Writing and proofreading

A OpenAI you know that many people use the ChatGPT for writing and review, however, with the Canvas, it gets even easier. After opening the tool window in your account, you can request a complete essay to be written on ChatGPT in just a few seconds.

If you want to change any part of the content you just received, just send the command and the response will be sent without the need for rewriting. Among the examples cited on the fourth day of the news event OpenAI, developers put emojis in a letter to Santa, revised a large text, and even requested that a letter to Santa be written from scratch.

Agenda

As soon as Python programming codes are typed into the Canvas, the window interface is changed so that developers work in a dedicated area. In addition to ensuring autonomy to write complete codes in a few seconds with the support of GPT language model-4o, it is possible to use the Canvas for reviewing code you have written.

The most interesting thing is in the button Run: basically, it places the code to be tested right there on that screen, offering the user the first steps in programming ChatGPT. In addition to errors being detected, the ChatGPT can fix what's wrong with just one click. You can check the code working completely right away.

In the presentation, the developers put wrong code on purpose and, soon after identifying this problem, the ChatGPT managed to show the result, which was the display of a graph for a website.

The idea is ready to help developers work in a more complete way and should avoid having to type codes one by one.

Use of GPTs (Agents)

Another good use of Canvas do ChatGPT is to chat with agents who can be trained to perform various tasks. Here, it's like you get a customer service chat. In the example shown in the live stream, the developers used an agent GPT from Santa Claus and asked him to evaluate whether the gift list would be fulfilled (or not).

The good use of Canvas with agents GPT is that they can help you with specific issues and in some situations, thus ensuring greater assertiveness compared to using the traditional personal assistant window. showmetech already made a complete article with the best GPTs, so be sure to check it out.

Who can use it?

All people with an account OpenAI can use the Canvas, as the tool has left the testing stage and is now available to users. ChatGPT. This way, you just need to access the official AI website and log in to your account. The tool is only valid for desktop users.

Plan subscribers can use other language models and even artificial intelligence Sora, which creates videos with very interesting quality. Check out our articles on the subjects to find out all the details and stay up to date with all the news presented in previous days.

Step by step

Use the whiteboard ChatGPT It's quite simple. Through the screenshots below, we show you how to do it.

Step 01: access the ChatGPT official website.

Step 02: Log in to your account by clicking the button Log in or create an account from scratch.

Step 03: After logging in, go back to the ChatGPT home page and click on the Tools icon, which is located next to the paper clip.

Step 04: click in Blackboard to start using the tool.

Step 05: Now, just type the command and the first response will be sent by the artificial intelligence. In this example, we will ask the AI ​​to create a shopping list that has items for an entire month.

Step 06: After receiving the answer, you can also request that it be changed to a result closer to what you want. See the first result, with the window already open, on the right side of the screen:

Now, let's ask the list to be rethought for a house where only one person lives. See the result:

As quoted by OpenAI, the uses are diverse and it is worth letting inspiration run wild when using it ChatGPT Canvas.

And this was the step by step on how to use the Canvas No. ChatGPT. Now, tell us about us Comment: How would you use the new functionality in your daily life?

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review by Jaime Ninece in 11 / 12 / 2024

With information: OpenAI (1 e 2)