# 📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 39 > **Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs** > June 9, 2026 | 5 Selected Global Breaking News ## 01|MongoDB 8.3 “AI‑Native” Launches Domestically, Alibaba Cloud Fires First Shot in AI Database Race In early June, Alibaba Cloud became the first in China to launch MongoDB 8.3. MongoDB 8.3 introduces an “AI‑Native” design philosophy – not “add‑on” AI support, but deep integration of three major capabilities – vector search, auto‑embedding, and intelligent O&M – directly into the database engine, achieving a trinity of “native search, native vectorisation, native O&M.” The three native AI capabilities in detail: – **Native Search**: Vector and full‑text search are built into the engine layer; a single pipeline completes hybrid search combining “vector + full‑text + scalar” (with `$rankFusion` stage using the RRF algorithm for score fusion), eliminating the need for applications to switch between multiple systems. – **Native Vectorisation**: Write‑time auto‑embedding, transparent to applications, zero sync overhead; the engine layer automatically listens for data changes via Change Stream, calls models to generate vectors, writes back to documents, and triggers index updates. – **Native O&M**: Natural language management, AI‑assisted slow query analysis, index recommendations, and parameter tuning, covering […]