# DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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Published: 2026-07-21T09:46:45+00:00
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DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Today's stories: Alibaba previews Qwen3.8 Max, a 2.4 trillion parameter model it claims trails only Anthropic's Fable 5, as China keeps closing the gap with US labs. The infrastructure race accelerates as Hut 8 signs a $9.8 billion AI data center lease in Texas, Molex strikes a $6.3 billion optical fiber deal with Prysmian, and China's Z.AI activates a one gigawatt data center running entirely on domestic chips. Investment keeps flowing: Cambr...

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