The digital likeness of your dead relative will be like a rudimentary digital twin that is constructed with discoverable information fed to the AI program. This would include scouring the Internet for social media posts, financial data, postings, travel information, voice patterns, etc. People who don't understand the technology will undoubtedly believe they are really talking to dead people.
Combining DNA from extinct dodo birds as well as closely related species, geneticists are perfecting a genome that could bring the dodo Franken-bird to life. This is not cloning, but rather pure genetic engineering. They are seeking crossover ideas for human "health care" applications. Meddling with DNA and life itself is fraught with risk and cannot improve the condition of any living thing.
Technocrats continue to build the police state with various equipment for surveillance, the latest being police cars with 360-degree cameras and "perimeter alerts" that analyzes people for perceived threats. Exactly how AI is used to "perceive" is not specified. Recording the 360-degree view is continuous thus recording everything in the immediate area, including unsuspecting civilians.
According to IBM, "A digital twin is a virtual representation of an object or system that spans its lifecycle, is updated from real-time data, and uses simulation, machine learning and reasoning to help decision-making." The express purpose of digital twins is to control the physical version of the twin.
Three dimensional digital creations are virtually impossible to distinguish from real humans, can be created on-demand and used for any modeling assignment. The era of "deep fakes" and deception has arrived. Other AI systems can animate life-like digital images to speak with natural movements and expressions.
As a maturing Technocracy, China is steeped in genetic modification of everything that concerns the food supply. GMO milk at scale could negatively affect health of huge numbers of people. Technocrats invent because they are compelled, not because there is an informed demand to do so.