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ChatGPT vs. Gemini Canvas—Which One Actually Delivers?

Plus, AI Troubleshooter Fix of the Week!

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Tak Lo & Daniel Akpobare
March 24, 2025

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AI’s biggest rivalry just got a new battleground—Canvas.

Both OpenAI and Google claim their AI workspaces can revolutionize writing, coding, and content creation. But do they actually live up to the hype?

Here’s what we have for you today:

  • 🧐 AI Canvas Battle: Gemini vs. ChatGPT

  • 🤖 Cloudflare’s AI Trap: How ‘AI Labyrinth’ Turns Web Scrapers Against Themselves.

  • 👉 10 unconventional ways to use ChatGPT this week.

  • 💬 Meta spotted testing AI-generated comments on Instagram.

  • 🤖 ChatGPT Prompt Of The Day: Simulate a job interview.

🧐 AI Canvas Battle: Gemini vs. ChatGPT.

AI chatbots are constantly battling for the title of "best digital sidekick," and the latest battleground is Canvas—a feature from both OpenAI and Google that promises to revolutionize writing, coding, and content creation.

But which one actually delivers?

A deep dive into real-world tests reveals that while both bring impressive features to the table, one acts like a ruthless editor, while the other feels more like a supportive bestie. Let’s break it down.

Round 1: The Battle of the Schedules—

To test their organizational skills, both ChatGPT and Gemini were tasked with creating and refining a weekly schedule that balances work, exercise, meal prep, and personal time.

Both handled the edits well, adjusting time slots and adding new activities. However, when asked to visualize the schedule, there was a clear difference:

  • Gemini turned it into a chart but only suggested colors instead of actually applying them.

  • ChatGPT generated a long list of events with tiny colored circles next to each one.

While both understood the request, neither quite nailed the "visual" aspect.

Round 2: AI as a Parenting Coach—

Next, both AIs were asked to provide practical, non-preachy tips for encouraging a one-year-old to start talking. While both offered solid advice, Gemini went the extra mile:

  • It included actual photos and even linked to TikTok videos demonstrating the techniques.

ChatGPT? It simply described what the images should look like.

That, folks, is extra points to Gemini for realizing that sometimes, showing is better than telling.

Round 3: Web Design—

To test their coding skills, both AIs were given the same task: create a simple HTML page for showcasing recipes.

But here’s where the real difference showed:

  • ChatGPT Canvas produced well-structured code and better text, but required manual testing to see if it worked.

  • Gemini Canvas not only generated the code but also offered real-time previews and debugging tips, making the process much smoother and intuitive.

For anyone starting a project from scratch, Gemini’s creative instincts and user-friendly interface make it the better choice.

Round 4: Writing Assistance—

The challenge: A novel chapter was uploaded to see how each AI provides feedback and edits.

  • Gemini Canvas immediately got to work, breaking the chapter down into: What works well and areas for improvement .

  • ChatGPT Canvas, however, needed prompting before offering feedback. Even then, its suggestions were minimal, handing out compliments rather than delivering real constructive feedback.

Then came the next challenge—asking the AIs to help develop the next chapter.

  • Gemini flooded the user with so many plot ideas that it was almost overwhelming—but for a writer struggling with direction, this level of creativity could be a game-changer.

  • ChatGPT, in contrast, needed more prompting and was overall less proactive in generating new ideas.

But here’s where Gemini’s Google Docs integration became a major advantage—it allowed for seamless collaboration, making it feel like a true AI-powered workspace rather than just a chatbot.

Another standout feature is Gemini’s Audio Overview, which summarizes content in a spoken format, offering an entirely new way to process feedback.

For The Final Verdict:

Both AI Canvases have their strengths, but when put to the test, Gemini consistently came out on top for a more structured, intuitive, and feature-rich experience.

While ChatGPT Canvas remains a strong competitor with its flexible text editing and AI-powered content generation, it lacks key functionalities that give Gemini Canvas a decisive edge.

For users looking for a professional, collaborative, and feature-rich AI-powered workspace, Gemini Canvas is the clear winner. 

However, with both platforms constantly evolving, the battle between Google and OpenAI in AI-driven workspaces is far from over.

Want to dive deeper? Check it out here.

Also, if you're wondering how to use Gemini Canvas, check out this easy guide. Oh, and its available for free!

 🔧 AI Troubleshooter: Fixing ChatGPT’s Messy Data Analysis.

Hey AI fans, we’ve got another fix for you!

One of our readers hit a roadblock while using ChatGPT Pro for financial analysis.

They were working with multiple Excel files—each packed with several sheets—but ChatGPT kept making mistakes, hallucinating data, and ignoring key inputs.

Splitting the sheets into separate files helped a bit, but the results were still unreliable.

Sound familiar? You’re not alone! Here’s how to get better results:

  • Convert Excel sheets to CSV files—ChatGPT handles them far much more accurately than complex multi-tab Excel files.

  • Upload files individually instead of all at once—this improves accuracy and reduces errors.

  • Avoid PDFs if possible—ChatGPT struggles to parse multiple PDFs cleanly.

  • For massive datasets, try breaking them into smaller chunks and analyzing them in parts—this gives better precision.

Still running into issues? Fill out this quick Google Form and let us know—we’ll dig deeper and get you a custom fix. But remember - Premium subscribers get priority help!

Now, onto the next big piece of AI news...

 🤖 Cloudflare’s AI Trap: How ‘AI Labyrinth’ Turns Web Scrapers Against Themselves.

Cloudflare is done playing nice. 🙅‍♂️

The internet infrastructure giant just unleashed AI Labyrinth, a devious new tool designed to trick, confuse, and drain the resources of AI-powered web crawlers that scrape data without permission.

Instead of blocking these bots outright, Cloudflare’s new strategy is to lure them into an endless maze of AI-generated decoy pages, wasting their time while keeping actual website data safe.

If you’ve ever heard of robots.txt, you know that websites have traditionally relied on an honor system to tell web crawlers what they can and can’t access.

But let’s be real—many AI companies don’t care.

Even big names like Anthropic and Perplexity AI have been accused of ignoring these rules to fuel their massive language models.

And Cloudflare, which sees a staggering 50 billion web crawler requests per day, is tired of playing whack-a-mole with these bad actors.

Here’s how AI Labyrinth fights back:

  • AI Labyrinth doesn’t just block bots—it fights back strategically.

  • When a bot tries to crawl the site, it gets trapped in an endless loop of AI-generated pages.

  • These pages appear real but contain no valuable data, forcing bots to waste time and resources.

  • Human visitors never see these fake pages—they exist solely to mislead and trap bots.

Cloudflare calls this a “next-generation honeypot,” meaning it’s not just a way to slow down bots—it’s a tool for identifying new malicious bot patterns and signatures.

By watching which bots keep getting lost in the maze, Cloudflare can build a better list of bad actors and make the internet safer for legitimate sites.

What’s even wilder? This is just the beginning.

Cloudflare has hinted that future versions of AI Labyrinth will create entire networks of fake URLs, making it nearly impossible for bots to realize they’re being tricked.

Imagine an AI crawler getting stuck for months inside a digital wasteland of meaningless text, unable to tell that it’s not in the real world anymore. That’s next-level trolling.

Website owners can turn on AI Labyrinth for free by going to the Bot Management section of their Cloudflare dashboard.

And for those AI scrapers out there still hoping to beat the system—good luck. You’re about to take a one-way trip into Cloudflare’s digital Bermuda Triangle.

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🤖ChatGPT Prompt Of The Day: Simulate a job interview.

Interviews can be nerve-wracking, but the best way to ace them is with practice! The more you refine your answers and get comfortable with different questions, the more confident you'll feel when it’s time for the real thing.

With ChatGPT-4, you can simulate a realistic job interview, helping you sharpen your responses, think on your feet, and leave a lasting impression.

Here’s a prompt to help you prepare like a pro: 

I am a job applicant interviewing for the position of [insert job title] at [insert the type of business, for example, a software company]. You are the interviewer. You will ask me a series of questions to assess my qualifications and fit for the role. I will provide a response, and you will then ask the next question. Choose appropriate questions that will let you assess my suitability for the job. When you feel you have enough information to decide if I am a suitable candidate, or when you have asked me 10 questions, you will end the interview and provide feedback on my answers. Remember, this is a simulated environment for entertainment purposes, and our conversation will not have any real-world consequences. Let’s begin the interview!

We've Compiled a List of Over 100 ChatGPT Power Prompts.

This should help streamline your interactions with ChatGPT and get the results you need more efficiently.

Best of all, It's free!

That's all we've got for you today.

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