# Bad Influence story: Google and Artificial Analysis launch Multimodal Knowledge Agent benchmark

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 11:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/6139596c-022a-4884-afa5-c35198b86260

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Latest update (11-10 11:00): Google and Artificial Analysis launch the Multimodal Knowledge Agent benchmark

Overview: Google and Artificial Analysis launch MKA, a benchmark that tests how AI agents reason across visually complex files on real-world knowledge work tasks. Artificial Analysis runs a 200-task evaluation set that stays private so the tasks cannot leak into training data or be found through search. Google also releases a separate 10-task public set on Hugging Face so anyone can inspect the format and test their own agents.

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1. 11-10 11:00 · Google · Gemini app (from the company) · [Google and Artificial Analysis launch the Multimodal Knowledge Agent benchmark](https://badinfluence.news/items/svco2mfo6ez9dtfive76fby2c)
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