ABILENE, TX (KTAB/KRBC) - What once started as something you'd likely hear in a science fiction film or novel is now right at the Big Country's back door. AI has surged forward as the next frontier industry, and journalists from across the nation attended a special event at Abilene's Stargate facility for a tour and a special Q&A session with industry executives, local and state leadership.

One of the partners with the data center is OpenAI, and CEO Sam Altman spoke to the potential for unforeseen complications within this new industry.

"The history of the arc of society is that technology creates problems. Then technology plus human ingenuity together is how we figure out how to solve them," Altman said.

Something that has been on the minds of many Abilene residents is the amount of wa

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