Writing and industry contributions
AI adoption, costs and markets
My writing examines how organisations choose and use AI. ThinkChina and Lianhe Zaobao have quoted me on model costs, AI localisation and China’s AI market.
Selected work
Selected writing and commentary
Contributed Work
Contributions on AI security, transparency, healthcare decision support, and human security.
Contributed technical reference
TR 99:2021 - Artificial intelligence (AI) security
Singapore Standards Council · 2022
Contributed to TR 99:2021 as a Technical Committee member representing AI Singapore and an AI Security Working Group member.
Technical partner contribution
AI Transparency & Explainability: A Policy Prototyping Experiment
Open Loop · 2022
Named among AI Singapore’s technical partners for a policy experiment on AI transparency and explainability.
Project team contribution
Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Healthcare Decisions: A Guide for Society
IPUR / Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk · 2021
Project team contributor to a public guide on using AI to support healthcare decisions.
Contributed article
Unlocking the Impact of AI on Human Security
Commonwealth Security Group / CWSRG · 2021
Contributed the article Unlocking the Impact of AI on Human Security to Emerging Technology Insight 2021.
Media Commentary and Profiles
Quoted views on AI costs, localisation and China’s AI market, alongside profiles of Tern Poh’s education and career.
Quoted commentary
DeepSeek: Changing the game, not the leader
ThinkChina · 2025
DeepSeek, AI cost, and market adoption
Quoted expert commentary
特稿：DeepSeek掀起接入潮 重塑中国经济格局
Lianhe Zaobao · 2025
DeepSeek cost inflection, public-sector AI adoption, and jobs impact
Quoted commentary
OpenAI's block will spur AI with Chinese characteristics
ThinkChina · 2024
China-US AI ecosystems and local AI models
Quoted expert commentary
特稿：中国AI行业“大洗牌”迈向本土化
Lianhe Zaobao · 2024
AI localization, China-US technology ecosystems, and culturally fit AI
Quoted expert commentary
北上深接连发布AI支持政策 专家：渴望通过自主创新突破美国围堵
Lianhe Zaobao · 2023
China AI policy, autonomous innovation, AI infrastructure, and global AI competition
Media profile
Bridging East and West: Lim Tern Poh's Dual MBA Journey into AI Leadership
Think MBA · 2025
NUS-PKU MBA studies and Tern Poh’s AI career path.
Media feature
陈振声：不能只看个人成就 懂得回馈社会才算成功
Lianhe Zaobao via SMU · 2014
SMU graduation, service values, and early career formation
Topics for interviews
What lower model costs change for enterprise AI adoption
Why AI localisation involves more than translation
How model access shapes AI choices in China
What organisations need before putting AI into use
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