This session will provide an overview of the main provisions and novelties introduced by the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) and its relationship with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In particular, this session will provide an overview of the AI Act's overall structure and the field it aims to regulate. The session will also flag some possible overlaps (and potential tensions) with the GDPR and some situations where compliance with the AI Act may facilitate compliance with the GDPR (and vice versa). During this session, some thoughts will also be shared about the impact that this upcoming AI Act may have on Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and, in particular, on the extent to which the provisions of the AI Act may capture CSPs (and under what conditions) their activities.