Sam Altman (left) and Google headquarters (right).
"I don't think the world needs another copy of Google," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
  • OpenAI's Sam Altman isn't interested in beating Google at search.
  • Building a better search engine than Google, Altman said, is "boring."
  • "I don't think the world needs another copy of Google," Altman told podcaster Lex Fridman.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he isn't interested in beating Google in the search business.