What You Need to Know About ChatGPT Canvas

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Finally, it has arrived! On October 3rd, ChatGPT released a new feature similar to Claude Artifacts, called Canvas. Here is a record of its usage instructions.

Limit

  1. Currently, Canvas is available only to ChatGPT Plus and Team users in a limited rollout. If the Canvas option is not yet available for you, please wait patiently.
  2. Corporate/Education users will have a limited rollout next week.
  3. The official version of Canvas will be available to free users.
  4. At the platform level, Canvas is currently only supported on the web version; it is not available on Mac or mobile apps.

We’ll be adding more to Canvas over time. ChatGPT Plus and Team users can try the beta starting today.

Usage Instruction

  1. When you select GPT-4o with Canvas, the Canvas window is automatically triggered during conversations with the AI, so it can completely replace 4o. When you need to choose 4o, you can simply select GPT-4o with Canvas.
  2. Canvas supports two types of tasks: coding and writing. Each task provides different shortcuts to continue refining the model’s output.
  3. Canvas supports file input.

Usage Limits

  1. The usage 4o with Canvas is calculated separately from other models like 4o. The official guidelines currently need to specify specific usage limits; in actual testing, they are difficult to reach.
  2. Usage limits may reset every 3 hours (possibly).

Advantages

  • Fast AI output speed and decent quality.

Disadvantages

  • I cannot preview the execution effect of the code, which is not as good as Claude’s.
  • The current Canvas does not have an open OpenAI API, so integration with IDEs is impossible, making the experience less convenient than Cursor.

At the end

  • Canvas is still in beta. With features like voice and preview, one can imagine how powerful the official version will be. Hopefully, the official version will arrive soon.