Google DeepMind and Artificial Analysis launch MKA benchmark for visual AI agents

The new multimodal knowledge agent benchmark tests whether AI can handle blueprints, schematics and clinical scans like a working professional Google DeepMind and Artificial Analysis have released a new yardstick for AI agents, and it involves a lot more squinting at diagrams than most benchmarks do. The Multimodal Knowledge Agent benchmark, or MKA, grades autonomous agents on complex, visually heavy professional work. It skips trivia questions and puzzle-solving. It is closer to a performance review. The two organizations unveiled MKA on November 10, 2026. The release coincided with a DeepMind blog post and an accompanying technical paper. The benchmark contains 200 private tasks spread across 10 industry verticals. Each task was shaped with input from specialists representing 83 different occupations.

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