American lawmakers have introduced a legislation that would restrict the sale of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China as the country attempts to slow Beijing’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, a report has said. The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday (April 2), targets the highly specialised machines used to make sophisticated chipsWhat is MATCH ActThe legislation is called the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act, and it is led by Representative Michael Baumgartner, with co-sponsorship from Representative John Moolenaar (R-California), chairman of the House Select Committee on China. If passed, the act will expand…