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+## Version 2.16.0.0 Release Notes
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+Compatible with OpenSearch 2.16.0
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+### Features
+* Register admin UI as AI models in data administration use case ([#337](https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons-dashboards/pull/337))
+* Add version decoupling meta for MDS ([#338](https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons-dashboards/pull/338))
+* Update navigation category to Machine learning ([#343](https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons-dashboards/pull/343))
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+### Maintenance
+* Increment version to 2.16.0.0 ([#335](https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons-dashboards/pull/335))
+* Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 ([#341](https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons-dashboards/pull/341))
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