"I... I had a rough week," Leo stammered, the weight of a potential expulsion sinking in.

Leo walked in, palms sweating. Vance didn't look angry; he looked confused. He turned his monitor around to show a scan of Leo’s paper. It was highlighted in bright red by the university’s AI-detection and plagiarism software.

Leo realized the "custom" service had simply used a cheap, unverified AI generator. Not only was he being flagged for academic dishonesty, but the content was literal gibberish.