India, Nov. 15 -- US lawmakers are speeding up efforts to restrict the export of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China following the recent scandal involving Nvidia founder Jensen Huang and a woman suspected of having links to Chinese intelligence.

Both Democrats and Republicans are supporting several proposed bills that aim to make it harder for sensitive US-made AI chips to reach China and other countries.

The proposed laws would also give the US Congress more power to review chip export approvals and potentially block deals that have already been cleared by the Trump administration, according to The Financial Times.

The political controversy surrounding Nvidia has increased pressure on lawmakers to tighten export rule...