I think it's more likely they are terrified of someone making a prompt that gets the model to say something racist or problematic (which shouldn't be too hard), and the backlash they could receive as a result of that.
The French released a preview of an AI meant to support public education, but they released the base model, with unsurprising effects [0]
[0] https://www.leparisien.fr/high-tech/inutile-et-stupide-lia-g...
(no English source, unfortunately, but the title translates as: "“Useless and stupid”: French generative AI Lucie, backed by the government, mocked for its numerous bugs")
This constant demonization of everyone who disagrees with you, makes me wonder if 28 Days wasn't more true than we thought, we are all turning into rage zombies.
p-e-w, I'm reacting to much more than your comments. Maybe you aren't totally infected yet, who knows. Maybe you heal.
I am reacting to the pandemic, of which you were demonstrating symptoms.