Please explain the follwing case: 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
AUTHORS GUILD et al., individually and on
behalf of others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
OPENAI INC., OPENAI OPCO LLC, OPENAI
GP LLC, OPENAI LLC, OPENAI GLOBAL
LLC, OAI CORPORATION LLC, OPENAI
HOLDINGS LLC, OPENAI STARTUP FUND I
LP, OPENAI STARTUP FUND GP I LLC,
OPENAI STARTUP FUND MANAGEMENT
LLC, and MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
Defendants.
Case No. 1:23-cv-08292-SHS
Case No. 1:23-cv-10211-SHS
Case No. 1:23-cv-11195-SHS
Case No. 1:24-cv-00084-SHS
NOTICE OF MOTION AND
MOTION TO INTERVENE AND
DISMISS, STAY OR TRANSFER
JONATHAN ALTER et al., on behalf of
themselves and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
OPENAI, INC., OPENAI GP, LLC, OPENAI,
LLC, OPENAI OPCO LLC, OPENAI GLOBAL
LLC, OAI CORPORATION, LLC, OPENAI
HOLDINGS, LLC, and MICROSOFT
CORPORATION,
Defendants.
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
Plaintiffs,
v.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, OPENAI,
INC., OPENAI LP, OPENAI GP, LLC,
OPENAI, LLC, OPENAI OPCO LLC, OPENAI
GLOBAL LLC, OAI CORPORATION, LLC,
and OPENAI HOLDINGS, LLC,
Defendants.
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NICHOLAS A. BASBANES and NICHOLAS
NGAGOYEANES (professionally known as
Nicholas Gage), individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, OPENAI,
INC., OPENAI GP, L.L.C., OPENAI
HOLDINGS, LLC, OAI CORPORATION,
LLC, OPENAI GLOBAL, LLC, OPENAI,
L.L.C., and OPENAI OPCO, LLC,
Defendants.
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiffs in the substantially similar first-filed case, In re
OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation, pending in the Northern District of California, Master File No.
3:23-cv-03223-AMO (N.D. Cal. 2023) (“In re ChatGPT Litigation”), on behalf of themselves
and others similarly situated, hereby move this Court before the Honorable Sidney H. Stein,
United States District Judge, at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York, 500 Pearl St., New York, NY 10007, to intervene and to dismiss, or in the alternative to
stay or transfer, the following actions to the Northern District of California pursuant to Rule 24
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the first-to-file rule: 1) Authors Guild et al. v.
OpenAI Inc. et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-08292-SHS; 2) Alter et al. v. OpenAI Inc.et al., Case No.
1:23-cv-10211-SHS; 3) Basbanes et al. v. Microsoft Corp., Case No. 1:24-cv-00084; 4) The N.Y.
Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp. et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-11195-SHS.
In support of the Motion, Plaintiff-Intervenors rely on the accompanying Memorandum
of Law, the Declaration of Christopher J. Hydal, the files and docket in In re ChatGPT
Litigation, the files and dockets in the actions referred to above, and any other written or oral
argument as may be requested by the Court.
Dated: February 12, 2024 By: /s/ Christopher J. Hydal
Christopher J. Hydal
 Christopher J. Hydal
JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP
40 Worth Street, Suite 602
New York, NY 10013
Telephone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
Facsimile: (212) 202-7678
Email: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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 Joseph R. Saveri (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Cadio Zirpoli (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Christopher K. L. Young (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Holden Benon (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Aaron Cera (pro hac vice forthcoming)
JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP
601 California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, California 94108
Telephone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
Facsimile: (415) 395-9940
Email: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 Matthew Butterick (pro hac vice forthcoming)
1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Telephone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
Facsimile: (415) 395-9940
Email: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 Bryan L. Clobes (pro hac vice forthcoming)
CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER
& SPRENGEL LLP
205 N. Monroe Street
Media, PA 19063
Telephone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
Email: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 Alexander J. Sweatman (pro hac vice forthcoming)
CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER
& SPRENGEL LLP
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3210
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
Email: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
 Daniel J. Muller (State Bar No. 193396)
VENTURA HERSEY & MULLER, LLP
1506 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California 95125
Telephone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
Facsimile: (408) 512-3023
Email: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Counsel for Individual and Representative Plaintiffs
and the Proposed Class
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