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Update benchmark_serving.py to read and write json-datasets, results in UTF8, for better compatibility with Windows (#8997)

[Bugfix] Fix Token IDs Reference for MiniCPM-V When Images are Provided With No Placeholders (#8991)
Signed-off-by: Alex-Brooks <Alex.Brooks@ibm.com>

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