Panelist Shiyi Pickrell

Shiyi Pickrell

Expedia Group

United States

Shiyi Pickrell, senior vice president of data and artificial intelligence at Expedia Group, oversees the company’s machine learning, data and AI products and platforms. In this role, she is responsible for unifying, developing and modernizing the company’s machine learning platforms, increasing testing velocity, and transforming Expedia Group’s data into a premium product that improves the experiences of travelers, B2B partners and developers.

Before joining Expedia Group in 2021, Pickrell served as chief data scientist for SWARM Engineering where she oversaw the development of algorithms that reduced logistics, costs, and CO2 emissions for the agriculture industry. Prior to that, Pickrell led the machine learning, data science and analytics team at Microsoft, and managed the production of internal analytics toolset at Amazon.

Pickrell holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Washington.

Voting History

Statement	Response
General-purpose AI producers (e.g., companies like DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic) can be held accountable for how their products are developed. Disagree	“I interpret the question as “Do I trust GPAI producers today?” Not completely. They should be held accountable for data privacy, responsible practice, etc. Given the lawsuits OpenAI is facing and the questionable practices behind DeepSeek, I can’t say I trust them completely yet. Just like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s role is to guard food and drug safety, we need a global organization to oversee these companies. It is important to responsibly implement AI and work as a tech community to understand its limitations/address concerns at each stage of its maturity. While laws in this space are still developing, Expedia Group (EG) is anticipating what regulation will be coming to futureproof ourselves, and it is designing, developing, and deploying AI responsibly, with a “do no harm” mindset. At EG, we have an executive-level responsible AI council driving ethical, privacy, safety, decision-making, and accountability around the AI/GenAI we deploy or utilize. EG’s responsible AI working group actively monitors legislation in this space globally and then assesses AI models we’ve built internally, or external solutions. We’re committed to the privacy, confidentiality, and security of personal information entrusted to Expedia.”

Statement

Response

General-purpose AI producers (e.g., companies like DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic) can be held accountable for how their products are developed. Disagree

“I interpret the question as “Do I trust GPAI producers today?” Not completely. They should be held accountable for data privacy, responsible practice, etc. Given the lawsuits OpenAI is facing and the questionable practices behind DeepSeek, I can’t say I trust them completely yet. Just like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s role is to guard food and drug safety, we need a global organization to oversee these companies.

It is important to responsibly implement AI and work as a tech community to understand its limitations/address concerns at each stage of its maturity. While laws in this space are still developing, Expedia Group (EG) is anticipating what regulation will be coming to futureproof ourselves, and it is designing, developing, and deploying AI responsibly, with a “do no harm” mindset. At EG, we have an executive-level responsible AI council driving ethical, privacy, safety, decision-making, and accountability around the AI/GenAI we deploy or utilize. EG’s responsible AI working group actively monitors legislation in this space globally and then assesses AI models we’ve built internally, or external solutions. We’re committed to the privacy, confidentiality, and security of personal information entrusted to Expedia.”