@KyleTrouble He should really ask ChatGPT for advice since it't the reason he's in this mess...and force it to apologize.
@KyleTrouble You can tell that person is screwed just by how much they are panicking. They will have very little capacity to convincingly deny. My advice would have been to memorise the paper almost word for word. Deny to the board that you plagiarised and then offer to recite any part.
@KyleTrouble If legit, I'll guess the student had a specific writing style and the AI submission wasn't similar. A good English professor should be able to scrutinize both.
@KyleTrouble Universities don't outrightly kick out without giving warning and a chance to rectify.
@KyleTrouble Dude did not properly assess the risk reward of the scenario