I have a test harness that runs all the LLMs side by side to compare the quality of output. I have tried Claude 2.1 (the new Anthropic model) and it is better

I have a test harness that runs all the LLMs side by side to compare the quality of output. I have tried Claude 2.1 (the new Anthropic model) and it is better than PaLM but not as good as GPT4. I am skeptical that Google is holding back a better model. It would go against every instinct that all the tech companies have, especially if you believe that AI is the future, why would you hamstring yourself by putting out an inferior product when you have a better one gathering dust in the back? Google has oodles of cash, so not sure why cost would be an issue. I don't get the safety argument so I can't speak to it but unless you have AGI it seems premature.