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Glossary terms

• CanvasIn AI tools, a workspace beside or instead of the chat where the AI and the person edit the same document, code file or design directly, rather than passing messages back and forth. OpenAI, Anthropic (as Artifacts), Google and GitHub Copilot offer versions of it.
• Code Mode (Programmatic Tool Calling)An approach in which an AI agent writes a short program to call tools, chain actions, and filter or combine their results inside a sandbox, rather than returning to the model after each individual tool call. Only selected results need to enter the conversation, which can reduce round trips and context use. Anthropic's Programmatic Tool Calling is a specific implementation of this broader pattern; permissions and safeguards still apply to the underlying tools.
• NeolabA newer, research-first AI lab founded outside the big companies — often by people who left OpenAI, Google DeepMind or Anthropic — that raises large sums to chase frontier research rather than ship products straight away.
• Public benefit corporationA type of for-profit company whose charter legally requires it to balance making money with a stated public benefit. Unlike a standard corporation, its directors are allowed — and required — to weigh that mission alongside shareholder returns. Several AI labs use the form: Anthropic is a public benefit corporation, and OpenAI restructured its for-profit arm into one in 2025.