Audible uses AI to create collections of audiobooks grouped around very specific niche topics and microgenres — going beyond broad categories like "mystery" to offer groupings like "cozy mysteries in beautiful settings." These AI-curated collections launched in testing alongside the Maven search feature in mid-2024.

AI-curated collections are designed to surface niche combinations of themes that traditional editorial curation would be unlikely to create at scale. Collections are personalized based on a listener's history and are integrated with the AI-generated tags system, so selecting a tag on one title's page can lead directly into a curated topic collection. The system complements Maven (which responds to specific queries) by providing browse-friendly, algorithmically organized discovery for listeners who are exploring rather than searching. The specific AI models or methods used to cluster titles into collections are not disclosed by Audible.