Ant Group’s inclusionAI open-sources two -billion-parameter design models and accompanying skills

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Ant open-sources a design model: purpose-built for UI posters, with generated designs that can be deconstructed into layers for further editing

Dongcha Beating AI news flash: Ant’s Bailing (inclusionAI) open-sources Ming-Image-0.1-Design series, including two models. Design specializes in generating UIs, Dashboards, infographics, and posters; Layer decomposes an already generated design image into transparent layers that can be moved, replaced, and modified individually. Both models are released under the MIT license.

Design supports structured prompts of up to tokens, enabling a complete page to be created in one pass, and can directly generate transparent-background RGBA assets. Layer can decompose a design image into as many as 2 to 9 layers, including text, cards, the main subject, and the background, then reassemble them into the original image.

Ant has also open-sourced Design Skill and PowerPoint Skill. The former connects design generation, asset decomposition, and frontend Coding; the latter can restore a flattened image into a PowerPoint that allows its text, images, and layout to be edited further.

In Artificial Analysis’s UI/UX Design open-weights sub-ranking, Ming-Image-0.1-Design ranked first with a score of 1082 Elo The models are now available on OpenRouter and can be used for free.

Original link https://m.theblockbeats.info/flash/368549

Key points

Ant Bailing (inclusionAI) has open-sourced the Ming-Image-0.1-Design series, including two models: Design and Layer.
Design is used to generate UIs, dashboards, infographics, and posters, and also supports generating materials with transparent backgrounds RGBA.
Design supports structured prompts of up to tokens and can generate complete pages.
Layer can split a design image into 2 to 9 layers, including text, cards, subjects, and backgrounds, and recompose them into the original image.
Both models are licensed under MIT.
Ant has also open-sourced Design Skill and PPT Skill.
In Ant Group's released Artificial Analysis UI/UX Design open-weights subranking, Ming-Image-0.1-Design, with 1082 Elo ranked first.
The models are now available on OpenRouter and can be used for free.

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Design can be understood as the model responsible for generating design images, while Layer can be understood as the model responsible for “decomposing images”: it can split a flat design image into multiple transparent layers, making them easier to move, replace, and modify individually.

Why it matters to readers

If these capabilities are available as described in the article, designs can continue to be edited after generation, and the Design Skill and PPT Skill also cover frontend coding and PowerPoint editing scenarios.

Beginners do not have to settle for a single uneditable finished image; they can try generating a page or poster first, then adjusting layers such as text, cards, subjects, and backgrounds.

Risks and unknowns

The evidence does not specify the exact restrictions, quota, or duration of free OpenRouter calls.
Leaderboard ranking and 1082 Elo is information published by Ant, and the evidence does not provide independently verified materials.
The evidence does not specify the model's actual generation quality, layer-decomposition accuracy, or editability results.

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