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Hands on with ChatGPT Canvas
OpenAI just officially launched Canvas, and I couldn’t wait to try it. The latest from OpenAI brings a new level of interactivity and collaboration to ChatGPT. No longer in beta, Canvas is now available to all users, regardless of tier — for free — providing a powerful AI-first writing and coding editor built directly into ChatGPT.
The first thing I noticed was that Canvas transformed ChatGPT from a simple chat assistant into a collaborative partner for writing and coding projects. By opening a dedicated workspace, I was able to start a draft on the page or upload text.
From there, I could edit and refine text or code in real-time. Whether you’re brainstorming ideas, editing a report or debugging complex code, Canvas offers a seamless, AI-driven experience with a real-time AI editor.
Users can either start their project directly in Canvas or transition from a chat conversation by typing “use Canvas.” Since the beta preview, Canvas has added more features, offering flexibility that bridges the gap between conversational AI and traditional document editing tools, potentially offering the best of both worlds.
Whether you’re working on a personal essay, a detailed report or a coding project, Canvas turns AI into an active partner in your workflow. It’s elevated the way I outline, brainstorm and edit. Because Canvas integrates so seamlessly into ChatGPT, it is accessible and easy to use, empowering everyone from writers to developers. OpenAI making the feature free to everyone is just the icing on the AI cake.
You can read my full review of ChatGPT Canvas as we look ahead to what might come today. We may even get other ChatGPT upgrades (better image generation would be nice).
What can we expect on Day 5?
OpenAI has had several big announcements in the first 4 days of their 12 Days of AI extravaganza including o1 reasoning model, $200 for ChatGPT Pro, fine-tuned AI model training, Sora and most recently ChatGPT Canvas.
Through Dec. 20 there will be more, but some of them will be bigger than others. If you consider the ChatGPT Canvas update ‘relatively small’ then we could see something big tonight — rumors hint at GPT-4.5 but Altman has previously said no new GPT models.
We’ve yet to have an update to Advanced Voice and it is likely it will get a new vision capability before the end of this two week frenzy of AI news.
