MIKE: A New Benchmark for Fine-grained Multimodal Entity Knowledge Editing
This addresses the problem of limited evaluation for fine-grained multimodal knowledge editing, which is crucial for practical MLLM deployment, though it is incremental as it focuses on benchmarking rather than a new method.
The paper tackles the lack of benchmarks for fine-grained multimodal entity knowledge editing in MLLMs by introducing MIKE, a comprehensive dataset and benchmark, and shows that current state-of-the-art methods struggle significantly with its tasks.
Multimodal knowledge editing represents a critical advancement in enhancing the capabilities of Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs). Despite its potential, current benchmarks predominantly focus on coarse-grained knowledge, leaving the intricacies of fine-grained (FG) multimodal entity knowledge largely unexplored. This gap presents a notable challenge, as FG entity recognition is pivotal for the practical deployment and effectiveness of MLLMs in diverse real-world scenarios. To bridge this gap, we introduce MIKE, a comprehensive benchmark and dataset specifically designed for the FG multimodal entity knowledge editing. MIKE encompasses a suite of tasks tailored to assess different perspectives, including Vanilla Name Answering, Entity-Level Caption, and Complex-Scenario Recognition. In addition, a new form of knowledge editing, Multi-step Editing, is introduced to evaluate the editing efficiency. Through our extensive evaluations, we demonstrate that the current state-of-the-art methods face significant challenges in tackling our proposed benchmark, underscoring the complexity of FG knowledge editing in MLLMs. Our findings spotlight the urgent need for novel approaches in this domain, setting a clear agenda for future research and development efforts within the community.