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This is the backdrop to the government's announcement of measures to deal with the delays, which include training more driving examiners and dealing with the issue of bots - automated software - booking up test slots.

Alexander also revealed a plan to crackdown on test booking bots which she said were "exploiting learners".

Frustrated or skeptical passersby have kicked the bots or intentionally obstructed their path, while the cities of New York and San Francisco have banned them, on and off, because of congestion concerns.

Indians bombarded Grok with everything – cricket gossip, political rants, Bollywood drama – and the bot took it all on, unapologetically and with some style.

The Electric State follows Brown, Pratt and a succession of zany robots in an alternative version of 1990s America, where there has been a war between humans and intelligent bots.