Abstract:AI is at the core of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and a powerful driving force for economic development and industrial upgrading. At present, the intelligence of sports industry has developed preliminarily, and artificial intelligence technology is widely used in sports competitive performance, sports products and sports promotion. Artificial intelligence technology is technology spillover, innovation, motivated, data driven and intelligent production four big characteristics, to promote the sports industry total factor productivity, promoting the equalization of the sports industry structure, promote the modernization of sports industry chain, high-level leading factor of production, realize the rationalization of industrial organization, so as to realize the industrial upgrading of sports industry. Industrial upgrading also faces four challenges: "digital divide", "data island", "technical talent pool", and "regulation and governance". In view of this, the paper puts forward the realization path of cracking the "digital divide" and "data island", strengthening technical research and talent training, guiding the deep integration of artificial intelligence and sports industry, and promoting the improvement of government governance ability in the intelligent era.