The vision for X Games' future under new CEO Jeremy Bloom includes sports betting, AI judging, fantasy sports and the debut of its ambitious team-based X Games League.

Early in his tenure as the CEO of X Games, Jeremy Bloom is ready to show off some new tricks. Bloom and his charges have been preparing an "AI judge" powered by Google Cloud for the Superpipe competition at X Games Aspen on Jan.

"I think there's probably an opportunity for us to evolve the word 'action' into other things," he says. But first: Aspen next week!

The organization's new CEO Jeremy Bloom talks about the future of the iconic brand.

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The X Games will experiment judging halfpipe runs this week in Aspen, Colo., using artificial intelligence, the cutting-edge technology that could someday play a role in the way subjectively judged sports are scored.

Jeremy Bloom has a lot to learn as the new CEO of X Games, but with a veteran supporting cast around him, the nerves should be minimal.