Recent advancements in AI voice technology have been highlighted with the release of several innovative tools. The Distilled Voice Assistant (DiVA) has been introduced, which combines Whisper's speech understanding capabilities with Llama 3's instruction-following abilities. This model utilizes an end-to-end differentiable speech language model and improves generalization through distillation rather than supervised loss. Additionally, Whisper Diarization has been unveiled, enabling real-time transcription in multiple languages while identifying speakers and providing word-level timestamps. These tools leverage various AI technologies, including OpenAI's Whisper for speech-to-text functionalities and Meta's NLLB-200 for language translation, showcasing the growing integration of AI in real-time applications.