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New AMIGO benchmark tests agentic VLMs on multi-image grounding

Researchers have introduced AMIGO, a new benchmark designed to evaluate agentic vision-language models (VLMs) in long-horizon, multi-image scenarios. Unlike previous evaluations that focused on single-image interactions, AMIGO challenges models to identify a hidden target image from a gallery by asking a series of attribute-focused Yes/No questions. The benchmark aims to assess a model's ability to select informative questions, track constraints across turns, and perform fine-grained discrimination as evidence accumulates. Initial evaluations on open-source VLMs revealed that success rates alone can be misleading, as models may achieve correct answers without robust evidence verification or by violating interaction protocols. AI

IMPACT This benchmark could drive development of more robust and interactive vision-language models capable of complex, multi-turn reasoning.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Min Wang, Ata Mahjoubfar ·

    AMIGO: Agentic Multi-Image Grounding Oracle Benchmark

    arXiv:2603.28662v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Agentic vision-language models increasingly act through extended interactions, but most evaluations still focus on single-image, single-turn correctness. We introduce \textbf{AMIGO} (\textbf{A}gentic \textbf{M}ulti-\textbf…