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Elvis’ trust issues didn’t end as well as we thought. Heir Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is suing Nausani Investments & Private Lending LLC over a proposed foreclosure auction of Graceland, citing “fraud” and forged contracts. A day before the auction, on May 22, a judge delayed the sale Latest update Keefe’s battle to save Graceland.

May 20, 2024: Riley Keough won’t lose Graceland without a court battle. A Tennessee judge on May 20 granted Presley’s estate a temporary restraining order blocking the proposed foreclosure sale of the rock-and-roll giant’s Memphis estate. Guardian reports. Keefe first filed a legal complaint against Nausani Investments and Private Loans on May 15, saying the company was attempting a “non-judicial sale” of the prestigious property based on “fraudulent and unenforceable” unpaid debts. According to the case. It also alleges that the “documents evidencing such loan… are forged”. Keefe contends the company forged signatures to make it look like the late Lisa Marie Presley, her mother, took out a loan from Graceland. The loans, Keefe says, never existed in the first place. Lisa Marie died with a $3.8 million loan that used Graceland as collateral, the private investment firm says in its own lawsuit.

May 22, 2024, 12:45 PM: Graceland will No Will be for sale (for now, at least). A Tennessee judge blocked an auction of the sprawling estate and tourist attraction on May 22, ruling that it was in the public interest to delay any proposed ownership change of the “well-loved” property, NBC News reported. reports. Presiding over the case is Principal Jode L. Jenkins said if he took the evidence, Keough could win his fraud claims. “Germany, it appears that you, your client, will prevail on the merits … you will prove the alleged fraud,” he told Keough’s attorney, Jeff Germany, in court. “Mr. Nausani will not be harmed … by delaying the trial on this matter until there is sufficient discovery to allow them to file an answer and provide a defense to his claim,” Jenkins said, per NBC.

May 22, 2024, 6:40 PM: Shortly after the judge ruled in Keefe’s favor, The Associated Press obtained a statement from a person who appeared to be Nausani’s representative. Nausani said it was dropping its claim because a key document in the claim was obtained in a different state than the debt, and that would mean “legal action would have to be filed in multiple states.” Although court documents do not yet reflect that the lawsuit has been dropped, the statement says “the company will withdraw all claims with prejudice.”

SpaceX launched a pilot batch of spy satellites for the US government early Wednesday (May 22).

A Falcon 9 rocket launched mission NROL-146 for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at 4 a.m. EDT (0800 GMT; 1 a.m. local California time) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

BANGKOK (AP) — A Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence in the Indian Ocean and plunged 6,000 feet (about 1,800 meters) in about 3 minutes, the carrier said Tuesday. One British man died and officials said dozens of passengers were injured, some seriously.

An airport official said the 73-year-old man may have suffered a heart attack, although that has not been confirmed. His name was not immediately released.

A Boeing 777 flight bound for Singapore from London’s Heathrow Airport with 211 passengers and 18 crew members was diverted and landed in Bangkok in stormy weather.

British passenger Andrew Davies told Sky News that the seat belt sign was illuminated but crew members did not have time to get into their seats.

“Every cabin crew person I saw was injured in some way, maybe they had a head injury,” Davis said. “One had a bad back and was in obvious pain.”

Dzafran Azmir, a 28-year-old student on the flight, told ABC News: “Some people hit their heads on top of the luggage boxes and poked it. They hit the places where the lights and masks were and broke it straight.

Kittipong Kittikachorn, general manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport, told a press conference that the sudden landing was due to passengers being served food.

Seven passengers were seriously injured, while 23 passengers and nine crew members sustained moderate injuries, he said. 16 people with less serious injuries were treated at the hospital and 14 were treated at the airport. He said the British man appeared to have suffered a heart attack, but medical authorities needed to confirm that.

A later statement from Samithivej Hospital in Srinagar said 71 people were treated there, including 6 seriously injured. No explanation for the discrepancy was found.

Tracking data captured by FlightRadar24 and analyzed by The Associated Press shows Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 traveling at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,300 meters).

At one point, the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft made a sudden and sharp descent to 31,000 feet (9,400 meters) in about three minutes, according to the data. The plane then hovered at 31,000 feet (9,400 meters) for less than 10 minutes before diverting and landing in Bangkok within half an hour.

The plane went down in the Andaman Sea near Myanmar when it crashed. The plane then sent the “squawk code” 7700, an international distress signal.

Weather details were not immediately available.

Most people associate turbulence with severe storms, but the most dangerous type is called clear air turbulence. Air pressure can occur in wispy cirrus clouds or even clear air in thunderstorms because differences in temperature and pressure create powerful currents of fast-moving air.

The turbulence problem was highlighted in December, when a total of 41 people were injured or received medical treatment on two separate flights affected by turbulence in the United States over two consecutive days.

According to the US National Transportation Safety Board’s 2021 report, turbulence accounted for 37.6% of all accidents involving large commercial aircraft between 2009 and 2018. Another US government agency, the Federal Aviation Administration, reported 146 serious incidents since the December incidents. Injuries caused by turbulence from 2009 to 2021.

The NTSB said it was sending a team to Singapore to support the accident investigation.

Boeing expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased and said it was in touch with Singapore Airlines and “stands ready to support them”. The wide-body Boeing 777 is the workhorse of the aviation industry, mainly used by airlines around the world for long-haul flights. The 777-300ER variant of the twin-engine, two-aisle aircraft is larger and can carry more passengers than previous models.

Singapore Airlines, the city-state’s flag carrier, operates 22 aircraft as part of its more than 140 flights. The airline’s parent company is owned by Singapore’s government investment firm Temasek and also operates budget airline Scoot.

Thailand’s Transport Minister Surya Jangrungruangkit said Singapore was sending another plane to pick up those who could travel. Arrived Bangkok on Tuesday night.

In a Facebook post, Singapore’s Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said his ministry and Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority and Changi Airport officials and airline staff were “supporting the affected passengers and their families”.

The ministry’s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau said it was in contact with its Thai counterpart and was sending investigators to Bangkok.

Singapore Airlines said 56 Australians, 2 Canadians, 1 German, 3 Indians, 2 Indonesians, 1 Icelander, 4 Irish, Israelis, 16 Malaysians, 2 from Myanmar, 23 from New Zealand and 5 from the Philippines. 41 from Singapore, 1 from South Korea, 2 from Spain, 47 from the UK and 4 from the US.

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Associated Press writers Elaine Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and John Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on cutting costs for American families during a visit to Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S., on March 11, 2024.

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Last week OpenAI unveiled a new conversational interface for ChatGPT, which features an expressive, artificial voice similar to the AI ​​assistant played by Scarlett Johansson in the sci-fi movie. herOnly for Turn off suddenly A new voice for the weekend.

On Monday, Johansson issued a statement saying he forced the change after his lawyers asked OpenAI to clarify how the new voice was created.

of Johansson Report, sent to WIRED by his publicist, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asked him to provide ChatGPT’s new voice last September but declined. He describes being surprised when the company demoed a new voice for ChatGPT last week, which sounded like him anyway.

“When I heard the release demo, I was shocked, outraged, and incredulous that Mr. Altman would follow a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets couldn’t tell the difference,” the statement read. It notes that Altman appeared to encourage the world to connect the demo with Johansson’s performance by tweeting, “”herOn May 13, a note about the movie.

Johansson’s statement comes after Altman contacted his agent two days before last week’s demo, asking him to reconsider his decision not to work with OpenAI. After seeing the demo, he says he hired legal counsel to write to OpenAI.

This led to the announcement of OpenAI, the report said Post on X It has decided to “discontinue use of Skye”, the company’s name for artificial voice. The company also released a post Blog Outlines the process used to create voice. “Sky’s voice is not a reflection of Scarlett Johansson, but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice,” the post said.

Skye was one of several artificial voices that presented OpenAI ChatGPT last September, but at last week’s event it sounded more lifelike with emotional notes. The demo saw a version of ChatGPT powered by a new AI model called GPT-4o, which seems to be flirting with the OpenAI engineer, which many viewers found reminiscent of Johansson’s performance. her.

“Sky’s voice is not Scarlett Johansson’s, and it never sounded like her,” Sam Altman said in a statement provided by OpenAI. He said the voice actor behind Sky’s voice was hired before the company contacted Johansson. “Mrs. Out of respect for Johansson, we have stopped using Skye’s voice in our productions. We are sorry to Ms. Johansen that we did not communicate better.

The conflict with Johansson adds to OpenAI’s ongoing battles with artists, writers and other creators. The company is already fending off several lawsuits, including those by The New York Times and authors including George RR Martin, alleging that it inappropriately used copyrighted material to train its algorithms.

Generative AI has made it much easier to create realistic synthetic voices, creating new opportunities and threats. In January, voters in New Hampshire were bombarded with robocalls containing Joe Biden’s deep-voiced message. In March, OpenAI said it had developed technology that could clone a person’s voice from a 15-second clip, but the company said it would not release the technology because of how it could be misused.

5-20-2024, 9 pm EDT: This article has been updated with a comment from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Maya Schaffel apologized once, then twice.

“I’m sorry,” she said. “I’m blacking out.”

Her emotions spilled over after watching her husband Sander Schaffel capture his first major professional golf championship in 29 tries, sinking a 6-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 21-under, one-stroke victory at the 106th PGA. Championship.

As she stood beyond the hitting tent at Valhalla Golf Club, her eyes were shielded by dark sunglasses. Yet it is obvious that tears have formed. The quiver in her voice was a gift.

“It means everything,” she said. “All the hard work he’s put in shows that if you put in the work, you’ll see results. He deserves it more than anything. Why do I say that? I’ve seen the dedication, the work he puts in, the hours. Even on off weeks, there’s never an off week; they train constantly. .the grind never stops.”

The victory came exactly one week after Schauffele lost a five-stroke lead at the Wells Fargo Championship. He came into the final round with or a share of the lead for the sixth time in his career, and some openly questioned what it took for him to finish. He was already known as the best player in the world to never win a major, and those voices got louder this week as they inspired the relaxed but uber-competitive Schaffel.

Even though those exact words weren’t spoken Maya could sense it.

“I’m sure that chip on his shoulder is gone, oh, my goodness,” she paused before continuing. “I’m very emotional. I think what it means to him — it’s what he has to do to play golf at this level. He’s doing what he loves.”

She stopped again.

“Sorry, I’m blacking out now.”

Xander Schauffele celebrates with longtime caddy Austin Kaiser after winning the PGA Championship. (Michael Reeves/Getty Images)

She was standing with other members of the Shafill family and inner circle, and if there was one thing that came above all else, it was Shafill’s journey and not just his own. It belongs to everyone around him, including Maya, his rock; Stefan Schauffele, his father; Austin Kaiser, his caddy and close friend; Chris Comeau and Derek Ueda, his coaches; Ross Chouler, his agent; Nico Schaffel, his older brother and road cook; and Rona Semonian and Marnus Marais, her physical therapists and trainers.

“I’m a big believer in having the right foundation, the right people around you, a good team around you,” Schauffele said. “I believe that if you put in the hard work and allow yourself to do what you think you can do, the hard work will pay off.”

Others may have doubted him, but those around him never. Despite the disappointment of the previous week, Schaffel shook Kaiser’s hand on the 18th green at Quail Hollow and said, “We’re going to get it. Soon, baby.”

Not just in words, but their relationship had meaning.

“I said, ‘I love you, man,'” Kaiser recalled, sweat still forming on his face as he stood outside the batting tent, Schoeffel’s golf bag draped over his shoulder. “We’ve been through it all. We have been through a lot. I am proud of him.

Schauffele always had respect for the game, but this week the “yes, but” always seemed to enter. For example:

• Had 12 top 10 finishes in 28 major appearances prior to this week. Yes, but no wins.

• Has seven top-10 finishes in 13 PGA Tour events this season. Yes, but no wins.

• Played in eight PGA Championships. Yes, but he didn’t make the top five.

Yet any questions about his fortitude were answered on the back-side holes on the back nine Sunday, when, after sending his tee shot into the right bunker on the par-5 10th, he opted to use a fairway wood. Hits 284 yards out and sand. At that point he was a stroke and could have played it safe, but no.

The ball landed in the rough and prevented him from getting any spin on his subsequent wedge shot, which rolled over the edge past the hole, resulting in a two-putt bogey to give him the lead.

With most everyone looking back at the previous weekend and wondering if his over-aggressiveness could be the start of another downfall, Schaffel refused to back down. He stepped to the tee box on No. 11 and went flag hunting, putting the ball 8 feet from the hole to set up a birdie and give him back a share of the lead.

It was a continuation of the mental toughness he displayed on Saturday as he followed up with doubles on No. 15 with consecutive birdies. If there’s one thing he hasn’t done this week, it’s been scary. Whatever shot he settles on, the week before is a reinforced lesson for him.

“Grit,” Kaiser said. “He’s a person.”

The victory was delicious for several reasons, perhaps confirming that he made the right choice months ago when he brought in Como as his coach instead of his dad. It was Stephen who introduced him to the sport and coached him for so long; He was among the first to support him when he proposed change.

“I was actually able to call him when I was waiting to walk the 18th green (for the trophy presentation),” Schaffel said. “He was a mess. Crying on the phone. It made me so emotional. I told him to hang up because I had to walk down. I couldn’t show up like I was. … My dad, his motto — he’s been my swing coach, my mentor my whole life, And his goal, like any good dad, is to set your child up for a successful future. He’s been sending me positive texts all week, even last week.

This is not surprising. Xander’s trip is always a family affair.

(Top photo of Sander and Maya Schaffel: Andrew Reddington/Getty Images)