Ernie Image: Open-Source 8B DiT Text-to-Image Model for Developers
Baidu has released Ernie Image, an 8B DiT open-source text-to-image model designed for developers and teams seeking local, controllable, and production-ready generation. Released under Apache 2.0, it offers strong instruction following, clean multilingual text rendering, and consumer GPU compatibility for practical uses like UI mockups and branded assets.