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TIFU, Thought I was typing in Chatgpt, was actually in Outlook, replied ALL

I've been at this company for a couple of months, and in that time I have been made project manager of two high profile clients' projects. My boss and boss's boss told me they agreed I was the best person of the group to handle this role, and I've been dedicated to giving it my all.

So dedicated, in fact, that Outlook has become 8 of my 12 tabs on my phone.

So this Saturday, when I wanted to verify "did the supreme court allow trump to use the save act?" And thought I was typing into my already open chatgpt thread, it actually ended up being my Outlook account, and I accidentally replied to ALL of the client's big wigs on an email trail regarding very high level engineering questions..by simply hitting what I thought was the enter button.

Of course my boss, and boss's boss were on the trail too.

I panicked and sent an apology email, then tried unsending my search query

But Outlook can't unsend from people in outside organizations

So 15 high ranking people at the client's company have seen me show my ass

Now I'm certain I'm getting my project management roles taken away. But the real agony is waiting until Monday for the fallout.

Any advice on how to breathe after screwing up the biggest opportunity of your career?

TL;DR Accidentally sent a political search query to an email trail of 20+ people and hit reply ALL. Consequences TBD Monday, help

Update: Thanks to everyone that offered genuine advice and reassurance. Also thank you to those with big boi feelings on my AI use, that gave me a chuckle. My Chatgpt use isn't the villain in this story, just moving too fast and overlooking UI differences. My boss messaged me that he was laughing about it, and said to just be more careful next time.

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