Google AI & Infrastructure announced on November 3, 2026 that it was releasing 29 public tasks, grading tools and an evaluation container for Physical-Engineering’s Last Exam (PLE), an 85-task engineering benchmark developed with Mercor, together with an open agent competition and leaderboard. PLE asks an agent to complete professional assignments in mechanical, electrical, civil and structural engineering rather than answer textbook-style questions or make an isolated tool call. The benchmark…